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Q. Basic principles of vocation training
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Explanation:
Vocational guidance is a process of assisting the individual to choose an occupation, prepare for it, and enter upon it and progress in it. ... Vocational training rather than vocational guidance is available at career colleges and this is usually for entry-level careers.
Aims and objectives of vocational guidance
*Assisting pupil to discover his/her own abilities and skills to feet them into general requirements of the occupation under consideration.
*Helping the individual to develop an attitude towards work that will dignify whatever type of occupation s/he may wish to enter.
*Assisting the individual to think critically about various types of occupations and to learn a technique for analyzing information about vocations.
*Assisting pupils to secure relevant information about the facilities offered by various educational institutions engaging in vocational training.
* At the elementary stage, although no formal guidance programmes are needed, the orientation to vocation can be initiated at this stage. At this stage some qualities and skills which have grater vocational significance viz. love and respect for manual work (ii) training in use of hands (iii) spirit of cooperative work (iii) sharing (vi) appreciation for all works (vii) good interpersonal relationship are to be developed.
*At the secondary stage vocational guidance should help the students to know themselves, to know the world of work, to develop employment readiness to develop decision making rules.
*At the higher education stages it should be more formal one. The objectives of guidance at this stage are to help the students to get information about different career, training facilities, apprenticeship etc.
Answer:
Vocational training refers to instructional programs or courses that focus on the skills required for a particular job function or trade. In vocational training, education prepares students for specific careers, disregarding traditional, unrelated academic subjects.