A national conference on ‘Reimagining Technical and Vocational Education and Training’ for the Changing World: Perspectives and Practices’ is being organised by the PSS Central Institute of Vocational Education, Bhopal.

For understanding the global trends and various issues related to skilled workforce and digital technology. The conference is organised in collaboration with UNESCO-UNEVOC and Collombo Plan Staff College (CPSC), Phillipines. It has inaugurated by the Shyamal Majumdar,  Former Head of UNESCO-UNEVOC Germany, dignitaries present here and Ramhari Lamichhane, Director General Colombo Plan Staff College (CPSC), C Thangaraj, Director, NITTTR, Bhopal, Arun Kumar Pillai, NSDC, New Delhi and Rajesh P Khambayat, Joint Director, Psscive, Bhopal.

On the occasion of this program Rajesh Khambayat, Joint Director, PSSCIVE, Bhopal said that it is the historic day of psscive, Bhopal that is possible with the co-operation of NCERT and UNESCO-UNEVOC organisation. He spoke that there is need to create awareness of industry 4.0 and its importance in today’s world. On the first day various national and international experts attended and discussed on the recent issues and challenges in the industrialization.

The conference is having representatives from Spain, Finland, Singapore, Korea, Brazil, Germany and Nepal. The keynote address was given by the Shyamal Majumdar who spoke about  major trends impacting future of jobs and new vision for TVETin the 21st century. He insisted that today’s industry is shifting towards new digital as industry 4.0 was the theme of technical session.

He told about for bottom-up-approach for the innovation in the organisation. It is possible by matching supply and demand in the system spoke by C Thangrajan. Ramhari Lamichhane spoke about the TVET as the need for 21st century.

He suggested improving the quality of the teachers. They should have industry knowledge to groom their students.

 The conference was well attended by over 450 delegates comprising from international and National organisations/ institutions associated with TVET skills development.