noidaghaziabad the government secondary school students of class 9 are set to receive vocational training and education so as to make them proficient in some skills as they pass out the move which comes as part of the new education policy nep initiative aims to make children of up board schools proficient in business and selfemploymentwhile the course will be of 12 to 15 months duration with certificates to the passing out students the training will begin with students of class 9 in the first phase some of the training to be offered will be in iti industrial training institute in vocational education retail agriculture it transport sports beauty and wellness polytechnic with a focus on home apparel etceven as 200 government inter colleges in the state are currently running these vocational courses 89 more colleges have been added to the list with the state directive to enrol a minimum of 40 students per course by september 10 in the first phasein gb nagar out of a total of 7 government schools and colleges 3 government high schools and 4 government inter colleges the scheme will start in one college the rajkiya balika inter college government girls inter college ggic hoshiyarpur sector 51 in noida in the first phasetwo vocational courses are offered in this scheme for class 9 students these are retail and beauty and wellness a minimum of 40 students per course are required for the scheme and we will start the enrolment process now on priority and complete it by september 10 training will be provided by the skill development department said hemlata principal government girls inter college hoshiyarpur sector 51 in noidafurther dharamveer singh district inspector of schools dios gb nagar apprised that two other schools including rajkiya inter college government inter college sector 12 and government girls inter college badalpur in bisrakh block under dadri tehsil are already running this scheme under the scheme one school will engage in 2 vocational course training from the range of different subjects on offer whereas teachersinstructors or trainers will be provided by rashtriya madhyamik shiksha abhiyan ramsa for the duration of the course said singh who adds that enrolment process in ggic hoshiyarpur sector 51 will be completed by september 10 and the expected time for the training to begin will be within this monthin ghaziabad too students of select schools out of the 10 government schools stand to avail the benefit of this scheme the vocational training in government schools will undertake as part of an mou which has been signed between the state secondary education department and vocational education on september 5 data regarding the number of schools and facilities have been asked from the district and since we have 10 government schools in the district the scheme will start from among them we will provide all necessary infrastructure said rajesh kumar srivas dios ghaziabadwhile preparations are underway to engage experienced trainersteachers related to various trades the competence of students will be noted during