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Education – World of Work Mismatch: A Multidimensional Competence Gap Analysis for Reorienting the Fisheries Vocational Education System in India


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1 ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi 682 018, India., India
2 ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi 682 018, India., India
3 National Skill Development Agency, New Delhi 110 019, India; StatsInk Consultancy Pvt Ltd, New Delhi 110 019, India., India
4 Madras Research Centre, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Chennai 600 028, India., India
 

India’s New Education Policy 2020, which is in tune with SDG 4 (quality education) and SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth), has stressed the redesigning of vocational education (VE) to equip the youth for the world of work, considering the window of opportunities available till 2040. Though the competence gap is being pronounced as the foremost hurdle in the ‘education–world of work’ transition in every sector, its precise measurement and quantification remain elusive. In this context, we have develop an innovative methodo­logical framework and a composite index (h) to measure the competence gap of the vocational higher secondary education system (VHSES), taking marine fisheries and seafood processing courses offered under the VHSES in Kerala, India as a case study. This study demonstrates that the educational gap, delivery gap, propensity to normalize with general education and inadequate learning ecosystem are res­ponsible for the ‘education–world of work mismatch’ in VE. The findings of the present study point to specific areas of VE that need pedagogic and pragmatic reconstruction. It also shows strategic policy considerations to place the learners’ aspirations, gender and vocational opportunities in a balanced manner for a better vocational teaching–learning ecosystem.

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Competence Gap, Composite Index, Gender, Marine Fisheries and Seafood Processing, Vocational Education.
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Authors

Reshma Gills
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi 682 018, India., India
C. Ramachandran
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi 682 018, India., India
V. P. Vipinkumar
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi 682 018, India., India
Manish Kumar
National Skill Development Agency, New Delhi 110 019, India; StatsInk Consultancy Pvt Ltd, New Delhi 110 019, India., India
Eldho Varghese
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi 682 018, India., India
Jayaraman Jayasankar
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi 682 018, India., India
Shelton Padua
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi 682 018, India., India
R. Narayana Kumar
Madras Research Centre, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Chennai 600 028, India., India
Pooja Krishna
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi 682 018, India., India
T. V. Ambrose
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi 682 018, India., India

Abstract


India’s New Education Policy 2020, which is in tune with SDG 4 (quality education) and SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth), has stressed the redesigning of vocational education (VE) to equip the youth for the world of work, considering the window of opportunities available till 2040. Though the competence gap is being pronounced as the foremost hurdle in the ‘education–world of work’ transition in every sector, its precise measurement and quantification remain elusive. In this context, we have develop an innovative methodo­logical framework and a composite index (h) to measure the competence gap of the vocational higher secondary education system (VHSES), taking marine fisheries and seafood processing courses offered under the VHSES in Kerala, India as a case study. This study demonstrates that the educational gap, delivery gap, propensity to normalize with general education and inadequate learning ecosystem are res­ponsible for the ‘education–world of work mismatch’ in VE. The findings of the present study point to specific areas of VE that need pedagogic and pragmatic reconstruction. It also shows strategic policy considerations to place the learners’ aspirations, gender and vocational opportunities in a balanced manner for a better vocational teaching–learning ecosystem.

Keywords


Competence Gap, Composite Index, Gender, Marine Fisheries and Seafood Processing, Vocational Education.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv124%2Fi11%2F1329-1338