'Vocational and Mainstream Education Systems Must Complement Each Other for India to Achieve Its Goals'

Vocational education is viewed as the poor cousin to mainstream education. As documented in the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012–2017) only a very small percentage of the Indian workforce in the age group of 19–24 (less than 5%) received formal vocational education, whereas in USA the number is 52%, in Germany 75%, and South Korea it is as high as 96%.

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