CONTRIBUTION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WORKING WOMEN IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY 2020

Abstract

Education is very important for realizing one's full potential, building equitable communities and advancing national progress. The Central Government of India gave the green signal to the National Education Policy 2020 on 29 July 2020. Which states a goal for India's education system? The National Education Policy 2020 has been brought by replacing the earlier policy on education 1986. In this, along with higher education, education has also been initiated through vocational training. In this policy, there has been a wide discussion on the revival of vocational education. Vocational education is education based on employment, skill development and vocation. Vocational education has an important place in the economic self-reliance of women. Through vocational education, many changes have taken place in the life of women such as labour force participation, saving, financial independence, protection from exploitation etc. Through these, women have been able to get not only themselves but their entire family out of poverty. Now the time has come that the participation of women is being promoted by the government as well. Women's participation is now being felt in every.

the (2011) census of India, the Directorate General of Employment and Training recorded the presence of about 59.54 lakh women employees in the organized sector. Out of this, about 32.14 lakh women were employed in the community, personal and social sector. The government has given Rs 1,12,899 crore to promote education in the budget of 2023-24.

Of all the schemes run by the Government of India, 80 percent of the schemes include women. The purpose of this research is to show the participation of women in the social and economic sector through vocational education. To promote this, the government has established various vocational training centres, industrial training institutes, National Council of Vocational Education etc. Apart from this, there are many schemes like Skill India Mission, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 etc. PSE, UT Labour Ministry and International Labour Organization, all of these also aim to promote technical education along with practical skills. Diploma degree courses in vocational education have also been started by the PBSM under the National Skill Qualification.