Entrepreneurship avenues through Technical & Vocational Education in Rural India : A Study of Marathwada region of Maharashtra state (original) (raw)

The 20 th century has contributed a lot for the betterment of the mankind in many ways. In spite this, the 21 st century has posed numerous challenges before the society such as-inclusive growth,-social justice,-socio economic disparity,-the economic divide,-the digital divide-gender disparity etc are the challenges yet to be mate. Considering the power within the vocational education as a tool to eradicate the poverty and bridge the gap between the "Have s" and "Have Not s", it is interesting to have a look at development of Entrepreneurship through vocational education in Marathwada beyond the traditional way. The development of Entrepreneurship through vocational education has the capacity to empower the socially and economically backward part of the society by providing them the technical knowledge, skill, confidence through the education & training. Thus it can be used as a effective tool for bringing up social change, social justice and up-liftment of socioeconomic status of the region. Finally as a summary it is pointed out that the vocational education in the new millennium i.e. 21 st century needs more relevance to the life and approach towards survival skills development, more focus on human development so as to give social justice through socioeconomic balance especially in rural parts of India.

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