What are Vocational Courses?
Vocational courses are becoming more and more popular as affordable alternatives to traditional academic programs in the ever-changing Indian education system. Through hands-on training, industry-specific knowledge, and practical skills, vocational education helps students with the tools they need to meet the demands of the workforce.
In simple words, vocational courses are the training courses where an individual can learn by applying their theoretical knowledge into practical world. It focuses on a wide variety of fields, such as, Software Development, Banking Operations, Web Designing, Human Resource, Marketing, Management, Retail business, Tourism Management, Beauty Therapy, Handloom Weaving, Hair Care, Dress Designing, Rural Technology, welding and metal Fabrication, etc.
Vocational Courses after Middle/High School
Several Vocational Education Courses are provided in combination or integration with academic topics in an effort to provide greater significance in a student’s life. The Accredited Institutions (AIs) or Accredited Vocational Institutions (AVIs) are required to offer these Vocational Education Courses.
Vocational Courses under integration at Secondary level are:
- Basic Computing
- Desk top publishing
- Yoga
Vocational Courses under integration at Senior Secondary level
- Computer & Office Application
- Web Development
- Preservation of fruits & vegetables
- Yoga Assistant
List of Vocational Education Courses offered in combination with Academic Courses:
| Secondary | |||
| Typewriting (Hindi) | Typewriting (English) | Typewriting (Urdu) | Carpentry |
| Solar Energy Technician | Laundry Services | Bakery & Confectionery | Welding Technology |
| Senior Secondary | |||
| Stenography (Hindi) | Stenography (English) | Secretarial Practice | Soil and Fertilizer Management |
| Plant Protection | Furniture and Cabinet Making | House Keeping | Catering Management |
| Food Processing | Hotel Front Office Operation | Typewriting (Hindi) | Typewriting (English) |
| Typewriting (Urdu) | |||
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
A significant component of the country’s education program is vocational education and training, or VET. It is imperative that the essential components of providing vocational education and training be redefined in order to make them flexible, modern, relevant, inclusive, and creative in order for vocational education to effectively contribute to the changing national context and for India to reap the benefits of the demographic dividend. The government has already taken a number of significant steps in this area because it recognizes the vital role that vocational education plays. In India, a centrally supported program that was proposed in 1988 to offer an option to pursuing higher academic education today covers school-based vocational education.
Meeting the demand for middle-class, skilled labour for the expanding organized and unorganized economic sectors is one of the goals of NIOS’s Vocational Education Program. Throughout the years, the selection of Vocational Education courses has grown in response to student requirements and market expectations. Both the urban and rural sectors are intended audiences for the current NIOS Vocational Education courses.
Some Sector Specific Vocational Courses
- Agriculture Husbandry
- Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
- Paddy Farming
- Plant Protection
- Soil and Fertiliser Management
- Beekeeping
- Mushroom Production
- Poultry Farming
- Mushroom Production
- Our Health
- Rural Engineering
- Our Home Environment
- Vermicomposting
- Computer Information
- Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
- Paddy Farming
- Plant Protection
- Soil And Fertilizer Management
- Beekeeping
- Mushroom Production
- Poultry Farming
- Mushroom Production
- Our Health
- Rural Engineering
- Our Home Environment
- Vermicomposting
- Engineering Technology
- Four-Wheeler Chassis Mechanism Course
- Biogas Energy Technician Course
- Carpentry Course
- Construction Supervision Civil
- Electroplating
- Footwear Design & Production Course
- Four-Wheeler Engine Mechanics Course
- Furniture And Cabinet Making Course
- House Wiring & Electrical Appliance Repairing Course
- Motor And Transformer Rewinding Course
- Plumbing Course
- Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Course
- Solar Energy Technician Course
- Training Schedule 4-Wheeler Chassi
- Tv Repairing
- Welding Technology Course
- Home Science Hospitality
- Bakery And Confectionery
- Beauty Culture
- Beauty Therapy
- Catering Management
- Cutting And Tailoring
- Design Development
- Dyeing And Printing
- Entrepreneurship For Handloom Weavers
- Fibre To Fabric
- Food Processing
- Hair Care and Styling
- Hand And Foot Care
- Handloom Weaving
- Hotel Front Office Operations
- Housekeeping
- Laundry Services
- Men’s Wear
- Preservation Of Fruits and Vegetable
- Basic Stitching Skills
- Children’s Wear
- Dress Making
- Ladies Wear
- Indian Embroidery Revised
- Business & Commerce
- Diploma In Modern Secretarial Practice
- E-Typewriting
- Diploma In Insurance Services
- Secretarial Practice (Pa/Ps)
- Secretarial Practice
- Stenography
- Health & Paramedical Science
- Care of Elderly
- Dmlt Biochemistry
- Dmlt Microbiology
- Dmlt Histology & Cytology
- Certificate In Homoeopathic Dispensing
