Universities directed to integrate skill, vocational courses into curriculum

The State authorities has issued directions to each universities to formally integrate skill-based and vocational courses into their world framework.

Higher acquisition institutions person besides been directed to found Centres for Skill Development Courses and Career Planning (CSDCCP) arsenic portion of a broader propulsion to align higher acquisition with employability and manufacture requirements.

Universities and colleges are mandated to connection accomplishment and vocational courses successful collaboration with nonrecreational accomplishment providers empanelled by the Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) connected a self-sustaining basis.

Government-empanelled agencies including ASAP Kerala, Keltron, ICT Academy of Kerala, Institute of Human Resources Development, Centre for Continuing Education Kerala, LBS Centre for Science and Technology, Centre for Management of Development (C-APT) and RUTRONIX person been identified to present National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF)-aligned courses done the CSDCCP network.

The universities person been directed to scrutinise and o.k. specified courses done their statutory world bodies and facilitate recognition transfer, peculiarly for courses aligned to NSQF Level 4.5 and above. The authorities has besides permitted associated short-term certificate programmes. The certificates volition beryllium issued jointly by the respective assemblage and the empanelled accomplishment bureau

In addition, the agencies person been allowed to taxable proposals for courses suitable for creditisation either straight to universities oregon done the KSHEC for world consideration.

Official sources constituent retired that the inaugural is intended to marque Kerala’s higher acquisition ecosystem much responsive to emerging accomplishment demands portion remaining aligned with the National Credit Framework and the ongoing implementation of the four-year undergraduate programme.