International Conference on 'Skilling in schools'
Updated: Apr 09, 2014 12:11:33pm
New Delhi, Apr 9 (KNN) To stress the importance of skill development at the school level itself and enable building of strategies for a new skill ecosystem, the PHD Chamber is organizing an international conference on skilling in schools on April-11 here.
The Chief Guest on the occasion will be Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari.
Sessions during the event will cover key topics such as – Global Perspective: School skilling model in different countries and relevance in India; followed by a panel discussion on :The big connect: building strategies for a new skill ecosystem.
Earlier, identifying the need to introduce skill training and development domain for various vocational courses, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has proposed to join hand with the private institutes to provide skill competency based vocational courses and act as its ‘Skill Knowledge Provider’.
Further, to meet the enormous demand for skilled manpower in the country, the Board has invited bids from various organizations, to provide the skills training to school students.
It sought support from institutes, organizations, engineering colleges, management institutes, hospitals, nursing homes, ITIs companies, firms and polytechnics engaged in providing training.
Resource persons at the event are President, PHD Chamber, Sharad Jaipuria, Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Vineet Joshi, High Commissioner, Republic of South Africa, F K Morule, Sr. Vice President, PHD Chamber; Deputy Managing Director, DCM Shriram Industries Ltd, Alok B. Shriram, Vice President, PHD Chamber; Chairman & Managing Director, Kent RO Systems Ltd, Mahesh Gupta, Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Gennet Zewide, Ambassador, Sri Lanka, Counsellor, Head of Social and Labour Affairs, Vocational Education and Training, German Embassy, Jürgen Wuttke, Director, Pathways School, Prabhat Jain, Director of Regulations, Standards and Research, Pearson India, Isabel Sutcliffe, Addl. Director (Vocational Education), CBSE, Biswajit Saha, Chairman, Skill Development Committee, PHD Chamber, Tahsin Zahid.
On the other hand, the panel discussion will be led by Adviser (Higher Education), Planning Commission Pawan Agrawal, Director (EDUSAT and Vocational Education), CBSE, M.V.V. Prasada Rao, Director General, National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development, Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India, A K Jha, Chairperson & Managing Director, Bharatiya Mahila Bank, Usha Ananthasubramanian, CEO, S. Chand & Co, Amit Gupta, Head – Standards and QA, National Skill Development Corporation, Basab Banerjee, Head, Financial Education Schools and Universities, NSE G C Sharma, Director General, Jaipuria Group of Institutions Pankaj Gupta.
The Board has approximately 14,800 schools affiliated with it including 150 schools in twenty one countries.
The prime focus of the Board is - prescription of suitable curriculum for its various schemes of examination in both academic and vocational; regularly updating the pedagogical skills of the teachers and administrators by conducting in-service training programme and workshops; setting norms for affiliation of institutions for the purpose of public examination and; prescribing as well as updating the course of instructions to raise the academic standards in the country. (KNN/ES)
The Chief Guest on the occasion will be Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari.
Sessions during the event will cover key topics such as – Global Perspective: School skilling model in different countries and relevance in India; followed by a panel discussion on :The big connect: building strategies for a new skill ecosystem.
Earlier, identifying the need to introduce skill training and development domain for various vocational courses, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has proposed to join hand with the private institutes to provide skill competency based vocational courses and act as its ‘Skill Knowledge Provider’.
Further, to meet the enormous demand for skilled manpower in the country, the Board has invited bids from various organizations, to provide the skills training to school students.
It sought support from institutes, organizations, engineering colleges, management institutes, hospitals, nursing homes, ITIs companies, firms and polytechnics engaged in providing training.
Resource persons at the event are President, PHD Chamber, Sharad Jaipuria, Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Vineet Joshi, High Commissioner, Republic of South Africa, F K Morule, Sr. Vice President, PHD Chamber; Deputy Managing Director, DCM Shriram Industries Ltd, Alok B. Shriram, Vice President, PHD Chamber; Chairman & Managing Director, Kent RO Systems Ltd, Mahesh Gupta, Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Gennet Zewide, Ambassador, Sri Lanka, Counsellor, Head of Social and Labour Affairs, Vocational Education and Training, German Embassy, Jürgen Wuttke, Director, Pathways School, Prabhat Jain, Director of Regulations, Standards and Research, Pearson India, Isabel Sutcliffe, Addl. Director (Vocational Education), CBSE, Biswajit Saha, Chairman, Skill Development Committee, PHD Chamber, Tahsin Zahid.
On the other hand, the panel discussion will be led by Adviser (Higher Education), Planning Commission Pawan Agrawal, Director (EDUSAT and Vocational Education), CBSE, M.V.V. Prasada Rao, Director General, National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development, Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India, A K Jha, Chairperson & Managing Director, Bharatiya Mahila Bank, Usha Ananthasubramanian, CEO, S. Chand & Co, Amit Gupta, Head – Standards and QA, National Skill Development Corporation, Basab Banerjee, Head, Financial Education Schools and Universities, NSE G C Sharma, Director General, Jaipuria Group of Institutions Pankaj Gupta.
The Board has approximately 14,800 schools affiliated with it including 150 schools in twenty one countries.
The prime focus of the Board is - prescription of suitable curriculum for its various schemes of examination in both academic and vocational; regularly updating the pedagogical skills of the teachers and administrators by conducting in-service training programme and workshops; setting norms for affiliation of institutions for the purpose of public examination and; prescribing as well as updating the course of instructions to raise the academic standards in the country. (KNN/ES)
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