Scholarship
and fellowships for students
Ministry of Education is implementing various
scholarship and fellowship schemes for providing financial assistance to the
students to peruse their education in India. Ministry of Education has
introduced vocational degree and diploma programmes/ courses to
offer degree of bachelor of vocation and diploma of vocation in vocational
education in different sectors namely Software Development, Electronics Manufacturing
Services, Graphics and Multimedia, Food Processing, Refrigeration &
Air Conditioning, Banking, Financial Services & Insurance, Production
Technology, Industrial Tool Manufacturing, Medical Image Technology, Automotive
Manufacturing Technology, Automobile Servicing, etc. In addition, the All-India
Council of Technical Education (AICTE) is implementing the Kaushal Augmentation
and Restructuring Mission (KARMA) for school dropouts after class 10th for
skill enhancement of socially/ financially deprived community of surrounding
area through existing infrastructures of AICTE approved institutions. The
University Grants Commission (UGC) facilitates higher education
institutions to provide skill-based education under National Skills
Qualifications Framework (NSQF). These institutions are offered full-time,
credit-based programmes at the level of Certificate, Diploma, Advanced Diploma,
B.Voc, P.G. Diploma, M.Voc and Research with multiple entry and exit options.
Further, UGC has issued Guidelines for Higher Education Institutions to offer
Internship / Apprenticeship Embedded Degree Programme in the year 2020. As per
these Guidelines, any UG degree programme in all disciplines is eligible to
embed apprenticeship/internship into the degree programme. The Ministry of
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is also implementing ‘The Craftsmen
Training Scheme’ under which vocational training is offering on 149 different
trades. The degree, diploma and training courses are for all categories of
students in the country including marginalized students.
Source
| www.pib.nic.in
Regards!
Librarian
Rizvi Institute of Management
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