It will be a 10-month diploma course that can be pursued along with regular bachelor degrees. Subjects include interior designing, banking, retail.
New Delhi: The central government is set to roll out professional diploma courses in sectors such as banking, management and hospitality that can be pursued along with regular bachelor degrees.
The scheme, expected to roll out in October, is aimed at creating job opportunities for 10 lakh youth in the coming years.
The ministry of human resource development has approved a plan for BA, BCom and BSc (professional) and an announcement in this regard is likely to be made soon. The plan will be taken up in the vice-chancellors’ meeting due this week.
The scheme envisages a 10-month diploma course and students can choose from a bouquet of subjects offered to them, according to the stream in which they are graduating. The courses to be offered include banking, healthcare, retail, fashion designing, interior designing, among others.
The courses will be approved by Sector Skill Councils — autonomous industry-led bodies set up by the National Skill Development Corporation — which will also provide internships to the students pursuing these courses.
All universities across the country, including the private ones, will be asked to offer these professional courses. Students will be provided with necessary infrastructure by the skill development ministry and its training partners.
Confirming the development, a senior official in the ministry said, “We have approved a plan which will provide both a diploma and a degree to students at the level of graduation.”
“The degree will help them in going for higher studies and diploma will help them in getting a job if they want to take up one,” the official added.
Both on-campus and off-campus trainings will be provided to students with the help of industry partners, the official added.
Currently, BA, BCom and BSc courses are purely academic in nature barring a few courses such as BA journalism or BA in hospitality and tourism. “Now, if a student chooses to enroll in a diploma course, it will be an added advantage to them,” the official said.