Workshop on Curriculum Development for Flexible Skill Training at Hotel Hablis, Chennai, Tamilnadu, 26-28 May 2014,

Workshop on Curriculum Development for Flexible Skill Training, 26-28 May 2014, Hotel Hablis, Chennai, Tamilnadu

New Delhi: 20/05/2014: The Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) is assisting Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU), Chennai to align its vocational courses to the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF). TNOU is organizing a workshop on curriculum develop for flexible skill training from 26-28 May 2014 at Hotel Hablis, Chennai to consult the experts from National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), Sector Skill Councils, subject matter experts and educational technologist to review its courses. As per the NSQF, all educational providers need to align its courses by 2018 and use the National Occupational standards (NOS) for skill development in different domains. The TNOU has taken a lead in this direction to make its courses more relevant and appropriate for its learners and improve the employability of the graduates.

At the end of the workshop, TNOU will have about 10 courses that are job-role based and follow the appropriate qualification packs and NOS of the respective Sector Skills Councils. These curricula will have appropriate inputs for technology enabled blended learning designs that can be used by other Open and Distance Learning (ODL) institutions in the country.