CBSE is trying to give its dying vocational subjects one more push in schools

CBSE is trying to give its dying vocational subjects one more push in schools

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is in talks with the Delhi University as it is trying to give its vocational subjects one more push in the schools. CBSE currently offers around 50 vocational subjects and the most important ones among all the subjects are physical education, painting, sculpture, and media studies. The theory and practical exams of these subjects are assigned 50 marks each. Speaking to reporters, Anurag Tripathi, CBSE Secretary, said, “It is important to impart skill education to children. Vocational subjects are the need of the future but in our country, they are not given importance…” He also told that of the total students enrolled with the CBSE less than 50,000 students have taken any vocational subject. “From this year, we have allowed that a vocational subject to be counted as the fifth subject. In case a student has not done well in one of the academic subjects, he can include the marks obtained in his vocational subject,” said Tripathi. In the past, DU has allowed vocational subjects like home science, legal studies, informatics practices in the ‘best of fourʼ percentage calculation.

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