To address this challenge, a three-day International Conference on "Integration of Academic Courses with Vocational Education in Secondary Schools" was organized jointly on 17-19 February in New Delhi by UNESCO, the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) and the Commonwealth of Learning.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

Higher vocational education is a new post-secondary education form which leads directly to employment and corresponds to the needs of the labour market.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Inaugurated by Anshu Vaish, Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, the conference explored ways to increase access to sustainable and learner-centred quality education and equip secondary school students with vocational skills through open distance learning.

UNESCO: Skills training: a time-bomb for India

While ensuring quality education, Director-General Bokova stressed that efforts should be made to keep girls in schools, especially in secondary schools, and to eliminate prejudices towards Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), particularly for girls.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

That is true of a third of secondary schools and of the technical and vocational colleges attended by two-thirds of students in higher education.

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