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Pilz, Matthias; Wilmshöfer, Simon – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2015
The vast majority--70%--of the Indian population lives in rural areas. They are far removed from India's image as a society with an emerging middle class and well-regarded schools. This research focuses on education and opportunities for skill development for this rural population. The researchers investigated the area around the Chilika Lagoon, a…
Descriptors: Indians, Interviews, Student Attitudes, Industrial Education
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Dobbs, Richard; Madgavkar, Anu – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
As a result of changing employer needs, shifts in the labour supply, and demographic forces, there could be increasingly significant mismatches between worker skills and job requirements by 2030, which could raise structural unemployment levels and slow economic growth. These gaps would include shortages of high-skill workers in advanced economies…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Labor Market
Khanale, Prakash; Vaingankar, Anil – Online Submission, 2006
The economic reform policies are being introduced in India in phases since 1990. It demands for competent middle level skilled manpower in country. By keeping this in mind, National Council for Education, Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, India introduces a revised policy in 1992 and promotes vocational education. Today, several…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force, Vocational Education, Labor Force Development
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Khanale, Prakash; Vaingankar, Anil – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2006
The economic reform policies are being introduced in India in phases since 1990. It demands for competent middle level skilled manpower in country. By keeping this in mind, National Council for Education, Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, India introduces a revised policy in 1992 and promotes vocational education. Today, several…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force, Vocational Education, Labor Force Development