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Monday, October 27, 2025
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Topic: vocational

How Vocational Education Can Bridge the Skill Gap in India’s Workforce

Vocational education offers an effective way of providing the kind of practical training the industry requires.

Sri Lankan govt reaffirms commitment to vocational training

761 students were awarded diplomas in a ceremony marking completion of programs under SLVTA.

ADB approves $25 million loan for Georgia’s VET programs

The policy-based financing aims to enhance quality, and accessibility of vocational education in Georgia.

Who is vocational education training for? Data shows over 84% Indian didn’t get any

Periodic Labour Force Survey data shows the situation is worse for women. And those who got the training, almost half of them accounted for self-learning or ‘learning on the job’.

PMO needs to do a ‘Gati Shakti’ on Skill India plan. Modi’s intervention is crucial

Skilling and education are like the Siamese twins, artificially separating them would be disastrous for both. Only the Modi govt can heal Skill India.

School kids can soon take up internships, gain vocational knowledge with potters, electricians

Ministry of Education instructs states and union territories to start 'bagless period' of vocational education for classes 6-12, in line with new NEP.

Skill India reaches out to juvenile offenders, starts training them for jobs

School dropouts, minor drug addicts and those involved in crime to getting vocational training in fashion designing, video editing, yoga, among others.

On Camera

Hindu temples belong to deities & devotees, not the govt. Himachal Pradesh HC got it right

Just as India’s educated elite have benefited from missionary-run schools, temple donations could be channelled for the economic and educational upliftment of Hindus.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.