An important and evidence-based recommendation.
India cannot reform vocational education without strengthening the workforce that delivers it.
In Jammu & Kashmir, Vocational Trainers have been serving in government schools since 2016, yet they continue to work without a comprehensive service policy despite implementing school-based vocational education under Samagra Shiksha.@JKSamagra
As NEP 2020 @NEP2020 envisions integrating vocational education into mainstream schooling, reforms must also include investing in trainers, ensuring career progression, strengthening industry linkages and creating stable institutional support.
A quality vocational education system begins with empowering its educators.
@EduMinOfIndia@dpradhanbjp@OfficeOfLGJandK@OmarAbdullah@CM_JnK@sakinaitoo@SchoolEdujkut@JKSamagra
We are grateful to Hon’ble @sakinaitoo, Worthy Secretary @JKEduSchool, SPD @bhawani_rakwal Sir & #CAO Rameez Sir for releasing the long-pending honorarium increment approved for 2024–25.
We hope the remaining PAB-approved increment for 2025–26 is also released at the earliest.
We place on record our firm appreciation for the Worthy State Project Director @bhawani_rakwal, Samagra Shiksha J&K, and the Worthy Chief Accounts Officer @JKSamagra for issuing this decisive order and making it public. This order officially validates the long-standing concerns raised by Vocational Trainers regarding systematic violations of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by Vocational Training Partners #VTPs.
The order makes it abundantly clear that all Vocational Training Partners #VTPs have been in continuous and comprehensive violation of the MoU since its inception in 2016. These violations are not confined to any single aspect, but extend to multiple core terms and conditions of the MoU, reflecting a complete failure of compliance and accountability. On this basis alone, all #VTPs stand disqualified from continuing in the vocational education system of Jammu & Kashmir.
It is now an established and documented fact that all #VTPs have failed to fulfil even the basic obligations prescribed under the MoU. This position has already been submitted in writing by all 20 Chief Education Officers of J&K and the Directors of School Education, particularly during deliberations on the implementation of the Haryana Model. These recommendations are explicit, unanimous, and against the continuation of all #VTPs, leaving no administrative or legal justification for their retention.
Despite repeated warnings and documented failures, crores of public funds have continued to be channelled to private companies that have proved to be a burden on the vocational education ecosystem rather than contributors to it. This situation reflects systemic inefficiency and must be brought to an end.
We therefore categorically demand that the Government of Jammu & Kashmir immediately act upon the recommendations already submitted by the CEOs and Directors, and initiate the removal of all #VTPs without any further delay.
We expect the present Government @JKNC_@OmarAbdullah@sakinaitoo to honour the commitments made to the Vocational Trainers of J&K, beginning with decisive structural reforms strictly in accordance with the recommendations already placed before the Worthy Secretary, School Education Department, J&K.@SchoolEdujkut
This order must be treated as a trigger for corrective action, not a mere formality. The vocational education system of Jammu & Kashmir demands accountability, reform and justice—without compromise.
#RemovalOfPrivateCompanies
#JusticeForVocationalTrainers
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HELP!
Vocational Trainers in J&K demand direct recruitment for 2000 Samagra Shiksha posts, ditching Unreliable Private VTPs!
Tired of delayed salaries & zero placements, they say public funds shouldn't fatten firms' pockets. Time for fair Jobs & Better Skills Infra.
When other states do it, why can't you. Jai hind!
@CM_JnK@sakinaitoo@INCJammuKashmir@JKVTWA #VocationalTraining https://t.co/FwGYcpxz6y