Demand-Driven Approaches in Vocational Education and Training - A Case Study of Rural Population in South India

Muthuveeran Ramasamy shows that the formal way of vocational education and training (VET) in rural areas often ignores the illiterate, the less educated, and the poor. The author demonstrates that VET programs need to be demand-driven and consider the socio-economic aspects of particular regions. Therefore, the significance of the study at grassroots level helps customize VET programs to respond to the demand of the individuals' vocational training needs of rural people by keeping their endogenous needs at the centre of vocational skill development processes. The findings and lessons learnt from action research are also intensively discussed as guiding principles of demand-driven approaches from the learners'/societal perspectives. 

List of contents

Historical Overview of Vocational Education and Training in India.- Demand-Driven Approaches in VET.- Developing Curriculum for Sewing Vocational Training.- Competency-Based Curriculum Development.- Evaluation of Competency-Based Sewing Vocational Training.

About the author

Muthuveeran Ramasamy holds a doctoral degree from University of Cologne, Germany. He is a development sociologist, currently working as Project Director for a higher education project at VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Summary

Muthuveeran Ramasamy shows that the formal way of vocational education and training (VET) in rural areas often ignores the illiterate, the less educated, and the poor. The author demonstrates that VET programs need to be demand-driven and consider the socio-economic aspects of particular regions. Therefore, the significance of the study at grassroots level helps customize VET programs to respond to the demand of the individuals’ vocational training needs of rural people by keeping their endogenous needs at the centre of vocational skill development processes. The findings and lessons learnt from action research are also intensively discussed as guiding principles of demand-driven approaches from the learners’/societal perspectives. 

Product details

• Authors: Muthuveeran Ramasamy
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783658125097
• ISBN: 978-3-658-12509-7
• No. of pages: 199
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 212 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 304 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 199 p. 59 illus., 40 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Miscellaneous; C, Sociology of Education, Education, Sociology, Social Inequality, LIFELONG LEARNING, Social Sciences, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Social Structure, Adult Education, Adult education, continuous learning, Lifelong Learning/Adult Education, Educational sociology, Education—Curricula, Curriculum planning & development, Curriculums (Courses of study), Curriculum Studies, Education and sociology