Demand-Driven Approaches in Vocational Education and Training : A Case Study of Rural Population in South India

"Muthuveeran Ramasamy shows that the formal way of vocational education and training (VET) in rural areas often ignores the illiterate, the less educated, and the poor. The author demonstrates that VET programs need to be demand-driven and consider the socio-economic aspects of particular regions. Therefore, the significance of the study at grassroots level helps customize VET programs to respond to the demand of the individuals' vocational training needs of rural people by keeping their endogenous needs at the centre of vocational skill development processes. The findings and lessons learnt from action research are also intensively discussed as guiding principles of demand-driven approaches from the learners'/societal perspectives. Contents " Historical Overview of Vocational Education and Training in India " Demand-Driven Approaches in VET " Developing Curriculum for Sewing Vocational Training " Competency-Based Curriculum Development " Evaluation of Competency-Based Sewing Vocational Training Target Groups " Researchers and students in the fields of education and sociology " Development practitioners, vocational training providers, and curriculum developers The Author Muthuveeran Ramasamy holds a doctoral degree from University of Cologne, Germany. He is a development sociologist, currently working as Project Director for a higher education project at VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India"--Publisher's description Front Matter....Pages I-XIII Introduction....Pages 15-18 Historical Overview of VET in India....Pages 19-29 Demand-Driven Approaches in VET....Pages 31-39 Research Methodology....Pages 41-62 Developing Curriculum for Sewing Vocational Training....Pages 63-85 Competency-Based Sewing Curriculum Development....Pages 87-95 Evaluation of Competency-Based Sewing Vocational Training....Pages 97-116 Analysis of Overall Results....Pages 117-124 Back Matter....Pages 125-213