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CAREER ORIENTED COURSES
India is the fastest
growing nation in the World. It is also the world's youngest nation with 50% of
the population aged below 30 years and 70% of the population aged below 35
years. The living process or life is the integration of heart, head and hand.
The outcome of education in life - Knowledge, Skill and Character. With the ever
increasing population , earning livelihood has become a bare necessity of life.
So, there is the earnest need for vocational education. The necessities of
vocational education are (i) Preparation for Life (ii) making education
relevant to society (iii) Self Employment and Entrepreneurship
(iv) Enhancement of Economic Strength.
The Vocational
Studies of UGC ( 8th & 9th plans ) has been recognised as Career Oriented
Programmes during the 10th Plan period. The main features of the New Scheme..
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Add on and parallel to B.A./ B.Sc. / B.Com Programmes. |
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Skill oriented with Practical exposure. |
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Contents based on local needs |
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Certificate / Diploma / Advanced Diploma. |
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Interdisciplinary Approach. |
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Based on Credit Hours - emphasis on assignment and practical
work. |
Subjects :
| 1. Translation Proficiency |
2. Applied Psychology |
| 3. Food & Nutrition |
4. Information & Computer Technology |
| 5. Sericulture |
6. Fishery |
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| Programmes : |
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| Certificate Course: |
30 credits, each credit of 15 hours. |
| Diploma Course : |
60 credits ( 30 credits earned earlier in Certificate Course
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| Advanced Diploma Course: |
90 credits ( 60 credits earned earlier upto Diploma Course ) |
| In Each Programme : |
20 credits are devoted to theory and 10 credits to practical
purposes. |
Area of concern for conducting effective add.on programme:
| a) Relevant Course |
b) Diversity in Courses |
| c) Inter Disciplinary Choices |
d) Competent faculty |
| e) Infrastructure |
f) Economics of the programme: Self-financing not with
profit motive |
| g) Management and leadership : Principal and Co-ordinator |
h) Networking and liaison with local institutions. |
| i) Curriculum should be of societal needs |
j) Quality of reading and Teaching material. |
| k) Stress on hands on learning of skills / apprenticeship,
training, laboratory work, field and project work. |
l) Fruitful participation of industrial / commercial
establishment , GOs and NGOs. |
| m) Monitoring of the programme- Initiative of State Govts.
and Universities. |
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The Dibrugarh University in its
80th meeting of the Under Graduate Board held on 03.05.2004 has framed the
regulations for Career Oriented Programmes, known as COCFiDL regulations , and
the same has been approved by the 81st meeting of the Academic Council held on
11.05.2004. As per these regulations , a student should at least attend the 75%
of the lectures for tutorials , seminars , practicals etc. of the programme and
should be on the rolls of the degree programmes to be eligible to pass the
COCFiDL successfully. The University prescribed , a minimum duration of 100
hours ( 50 hrs. theory plus 50 hrs. practicals ) for each programme of
Certificate , Diploma and Advanced Diploma Courses. There will be 2 papers each
of theory and practicals carrying 75 marks for each paper. Thus total marks in
each programme is 300 marks.
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