NIOS, MP Open School partner to offer vocational courses, job opportunities
Vaishnavi Shukla | February 3, 2025 | 10:23 PM IST | 1 min read
NIOS and MP Open School Board collaboration will offer various vocational courses to 2500 government schools in the state.
NEW DELHI : The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), in partnership with the Madhya Pradesh State Open School Education Board (MPPSOSEB), will offer vocational education for students under the NEP 2020 policy. The NIOS, MP Open School agreement aims to provide skill training to students so that they can acquire proficiency in their field and also have access to more job opportunities.
As per the NEP 2020 policy , implementing the programmes of NIOS in regional languages to strengthen open schools, etc., is necessary for NIOS and MP Open School collaboration. Also, to promote various vocational education courses for the entire Madhya Pradesh state is crucial.
"Hence, the NIOS and MP Open School partnership will offer various vocational courses of NIOS for the entire state of Madhya Pradesh." the NIOS notice adds.
Additionally, these courses will be conducted through 2500 government schools of MPPSOSEB. This will make education more accessible to the general public, while students of Madhya Pradesh will also have access to employment opportunities after getting skilled training and proficiency in the subjects.
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NEP 2020 policy
As per the NIOS notice, the government of India has implemented a transformative NEP 2020 policy to mainly promote equitable and inclusive education and fulfill the national vision of training and upskilling students. The NEP 2020 policy emphasizes vocational education and skill development. It has been by the government of India to integrate vocational education with general education and bring vocational education into the mainstream.
Moreover, to meet the objectives of NEP 2020, the existing scheme of Samagra Shiksha has been revamped and various new interventions related to vocational education such as internships, bagless days, exposure to vocational education at the upper primary level, etc. have been supported.
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