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1. MAY 16th – MAY 21st
Scope of Vocational Education Training
With the increasing demand for more and more skilled workers, businesses around the globe
have essentially helped create resurgence and renewed enthusiasm for vocational education.
Vocational education as a whole is an incredibly diverse and
detailed topic, involving research from a wide variety of sources
and references to much more specific topics on occupational
programs, training, and career paths. Vocational educators
around the country believe trade schools are making a strong
comeback because many businesses have a desperate need for
skilled workers.
With all these changing requirements, students are now beginning to get more and more
opportunity to learn not only standard book knowledge, but how to apply that knowledge, get
an actual chance to apply that knowledge in many cases, how to interact and be productive in
the workplace, and how to be trained for the environment they will soon be working in.
As per government’s plans, of the 15 million students who need vocational education every
year, about 5 million students would be provided initial training by strengthening existing VET
(Vocational Education Training) Institutions and setting up new VET Institutions. The remaining
10 million students would be trained through non-formal/informal mode. The Government also
plans to encourage the participation of the private sector and NGOs in a number of areas such
as improvement of facilities and resources of VET institutions/centers, development of
skills/standards, training packages, competency-based curricula and instructional materials,
conducting tests, and providing joint certification.
There are about 1.6 million people employed in India’s organised retail sector
and another 2-4 million new recruits are expected in the next 5 years. Almost
90 per cent of these are expected to be in front-end jobs where vocational
training is most required. The current in-house capabilities and outside
training institutes are not equipped to impart skills to this large number. The
biggest skill-gaps exist in areas such as:
• Sales and customer management
• Store maintenance Mr. Sumit Bajaj, Head- Marketing
• Visual merchandising i360 Staffing & Training Solutions Pvt. Ltd

2. Traditional V/s Modern Teaching
Today, teaching is becoming more a commodity freely available in the marketplace across
diverse geographic locations; in one’s own language, according to one’s level of
understanding, time available and increasingly becoming more pocket friendly for the learner.
Also, educational governance is becoming more and more electronic in nature. We have the
electronic frameworks for online admission, online learning, online testing, online recruitment,
online fee payment, online certification etc. that have come up making the task of imparting the
education a lot more easy for the learner as well as the educationist. This has helped to make
education not a one time learning experience but a lifelong process promising every time to
deliver the required results to the learner as per his requirement in real time and with a great
ease.
While all this looks charming, the
utility of traditional chalk and board teaching can never be undermined. It has a tremendous
value of its own. Electronic training, no matter how much advanced it might become, can never
match the capabilities of a good trainer. The Learner learns not only through what is taught to
him by the teacher but also how it gets taught. Scientists are of the view that a learner typically
learns 80% from the emotions. When any data is attached to the emotions, the chances of his
remembering it are increased three folds.

3. A result oriented teaching methodology, thus, would be the one that makes a blend of the
above two approaches i.e. traditional as well as modern teaching. At i360, we are gearing up
for just that. The learner is being given a kind of an environment that enables him to develop
complicated skills of English, Finance etc. at a very fast pace and in a very easy fashion.
The short term courses of 1-1/2 months, 3 months etc. in English can be much more beneficial
for the learner than those that run into years. The learner is able to develop confidence not
only in terms of English grammar etc. but also in terms of its usage in the day to day activities.
Similarly, in accounts, we are churning out computer ready accountants using the same
methodologies. We are able to arouse the interest of the learner to such an extent that he
begins to learn and develop himself on his own.
No wonder, we have churned out many satisfied learners in the past many years.
Rohit Venaik
Head- Retail Sales
i360 Staffing & Training Solutions Pvt. Ltd

4. Learning, and not Teaching, is the objective of
Education
"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time
to time that nothing that is worth learning can be taught."
-- Oscar Wilde
Traditional education focuses on teaching, not learning. It incorrectly
assumes that for every ounce of teaching, there is an ounce of
learning by those who are taught. However, most of what we learn
before, during, and after attending schools is learned without its
being taught to us. Most of what is taught in classroom settings is
forgotten, and much of what is remembered is irrelevant in the
practical world.
In most schools, committing something to memory is mistaken for learning. Why should
children -- or adults, for that matter -- be asked to do something computers and related
equipment can do much better than they can? Why doesn't education focus on what humans
can do better than the machines and instruments they create?
Education has been commoditised via the concept of teaching, which seeks to force the
acquisition of certain knowledge on students. The aim of teaching as people are often told is to
prepare them to work in particular sectors of the economy. These people don’t have to like
what they are taught as the ultimate goal is economic, i.e. to earn a living. Contrast this with
real learning, which comes from within and is driven by a desire to create a perspective out of
our world view.
Imagine what would happen in a school where the faculty and administration considered their
job to be empowering students to learn (not teaching). Empowering students to learn would put
the responsibility for learning back where it always should have been - on the student. And it
would require that the subject matter actually be relevant to each student rather than be forced
upon him/her. Perhaps, it would turn around the horrendous dropout rate because now kids
would be energized to achieve something they want to pursue rather than walk through the
day (years) doing what someone has told them to do.
When those who have taught others are asked who in the classes learned most, virtually all of
them say, "The teacher." It is apparent to those who have taught that teaching is a better way
to learn than being taught. Teaching enables the teacher to discover what one thinks about the
subject being taught.

5. In the educational process, students should be offered a wide variety of ways to learn, among
which they could choose or with which they could experiment. They do not have to learn
different things the same way. They should learn at a very early stage of "schooling" that
learning how to learn is largely their responsibility -- with the help they seek but that is not
imposed on them.
There are many different ways of learning; teaching is only one of them. We learn a great deal
on our own, in independent study or play. We learn a great deal interacting with others
informally -- sharing what we are learning with others and vice versa. We learn a great deal by
doing, through trial and error. Long before there were schools as we know them, there was
apprenticeship -- learning how to do something by trying it under the guidance of one who
knows how. For example, one can learn more architecture by having to design and build one's
own house than by taking any number of courses on the subject.
In keeping with all historic attempts to revolutionize the social order, the elite leaders who
formulated the strategy, and those who implemented it, perverted the language, using terms
that had attracted a great deal of respect in new ways that turned their meanings upside down,
but helped make the new order palatable to a public that didn't quite catch on. Every word --
teacher, student, school, discipline, and so on -- took on meanings diametrically opposed to
what they had originally meant.
Today, there are two worlds that use the word education with opposite meanings: one world
consists of the schools and colleges (and even graduate schools) of our education complex, in
which standardization prevails. In that world, an industrial training mega-structure strives to
turn out identical replicas of a product called "people educated for the twenty-first century"; the
second is the world of information, knowledge, and wisdom, in which the real population of the
world resides when not incarcerated in schools. In that world, learning takes place like it
always did, and teaching consists of imparting one's wisdom, among other things, to voluntary
listeners.
Garima Gulia
Head- Academics
i360 Staffing & Training Solutions Pvt Ltd

6. Chartered Accountancy & its prospects
With the rapid growth in Indian economy and multinationals setting up operations in India,
careers in finance and accounts look extremely promising. Aspirants, who truly want to make it
big in the world of accounts and finance, must qualify as Chartered Accountants. Chartered
Accountancy is a stressful, challenging and yet highly rewarding profession.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is both an examining and a licensing
body. The institute conducts the Chartered Accountancy exam. The course involves a blend of
theoretical education and practical training for a period of three years with an established
auditor which run concurrently. This combination of theory and practice endows a student with
the required knowledge and skills to function as a professional accountant and a finance head
post qualification.
CA course has three phases - Competency Professional Test (CPT), Professional
Competency Course (PCC) and Final examination. The registration for CPT and PCC is
open throughout the year. After passing the Professional Competency Course (PCC),
candidates are eligible for registration as articled clerks/audit clerks for practical training.
A candidate aspiring to become a Chartered Accountant must have passed the Senior
Secondary Examination (10+2) before registering for the course. ICAI has nearly fifteen
branches spread all over the country. A Chartered Accountant (CA) becomes an expert in

7. accounting, auditing and taxation. According to the Company Act, only a qualified CA in
professional practice is allowed to be appointed as an auditor for limited companies in India.
Qualified Chartered Accountants can expect a starting salary upwards of Rs. 30000 and can
aspire to earn astronomical sums as they progress in their career to reach the top levels. A
career in CA provides you a high pedestal for employment with big corporate houses. As a
matter of fact, the chances of ascending the corporate ladder to reach top corporate positions
are much better for a Chartered Accountant than even a Cost Accountant. Qualified Chartered
Accountants are in great demand as the pass percentage in this tough exam is very low. Thus,
Chartered Accountants are an enviable lot as they leave jobs frequently due to continued
better prospects.
Ajay Arora
Asst. Product Manager (Finance),
i360 Staffing & Training Solutions Pvt. Ltd

8. The Changing Face of the Indian Retail Industry
India is fast becoming the retail destination of the world. According to the international
management consultant AT Kearney, India has emerged as the leader in terms of retail
opportunities. The retail market in India is
anticipated to grow to 427 billion USD by
the year 2010.
However, the face of the Indian retail
industry is changing. India is passing
through a retail boom today. A number of
changes have taken place on the Indian
retail front such as increasing availability
of international brands, increasing number
of malls and hypermarkets and easy
availability of retail space. With the Indian
government having opened up the doors
for FDI, the entry of foreign retailers into the country has become easier. India has come a long
way from the traditional Kirana stores and is on its way to becoming a ‘mall country’. The
emphasis has shifted from reasonable pricing to convenience, efficiency and ambience.
The major factors fuelling this change are the increase in disposable income of the people,
improving lifestyles, increasing international exposure and increasing awareness among the
customers. India has a large middle class as well as youth population, which has contributed
greatly to the retail phenomenon. The middle class is considered to be a major potential
customer group. The youth are perceived as trend setters and decision makers. Tourist
spending in India is increasing, which has also prompted the retail boom.
Food and grocery are the two categories in the Indian retail sector, which offer the most
promising opportunities. Apart from this, the other areas where there are vast possibilities for
Indian retailers are jewellery, apparel and consumer durables. Indian retailers are also trying to
create a niche for themselves in areas such as books, gifts and music.
The Indian retail industry is going through a period of golden sunshine.

9. Fibre2fashion discusses certain issues concerning the Indian retail industry with Mr. Andreas
Gellner, Managing Director, Adidas India:
Mr. Gellner, expressing his view on the present scenario in the Indian retail sector, states that
by now, it is fair to assess that the outlook is very bright, but currently, the potential and
dynamics are somehow over hyped. Undersupply of suitable spaces and manpower has driven
both critical cost components to levels where it is very difficult for many retailers to make
profits (not to talk about generating funds for further expansion). The service tax on rentals, of
course, was the final blow to many profitability models.
He went on to further state that the long-term future is very promising, but the next few years
will remain extremely challenging. While speaking about the current mall culture in India, he
believed that the malls are places to congregate and spend time for shopping and other
activities have been well accepted.
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