JEC Professional Education offers lifelong learning opportunities for professionals through Karma Courses, the skilling and re-skilling courses initiated by AICTE. Currently there are 24 courses on offer.

Karma Courses Certificate / Diploma /B.Voc.: An Overview

AICTE has initiated Kaushal Augmentation and Restructuring Mission of AICTE (KARMA) for AICTE approved institutions in the country to overcome the dual challenge of scarcity of skilled manpower in jobs and low skill level of those who are presently in jobs. The AICTE has launched a scheme on skills development based higher education as part of leading to Bachelor of Vocation (B.Voc.) degree with multiple entry and multiple exits such as Certificate/Diploma/Advanced Diploma under the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF). The programme focuses on skill development based higher education leading to Bachelor of Vocational (B.Voc.) degree. Its objective is to provide judicious mix of skills relating to a profession and appropriate content of general education, so that they are work ready at each exit point of the programme. It also integrates NSQF within the undergraduate level of higher education in order to enhance employability of the graduates and meet industry requirement. The curriculum in each of the semesters / years of the programme would be a suitable mix of the General Education Components (GEC) and Skill Education Components (SEC) in a fixed ratio of 40:60. This would enable the graduates completing B.Voc. to make a meaningful participation in accelerating India’s economy by gaining appropriate employment, becoming entrepreneurs and creating appropriate knowledge.

At Present, AICTE New Delhi, has given approval to Jaipur Engineering College(JEC) for conducting following 24 Karma Scheme Certificate / Diploma / B.Voc. Programs with an intake of 30 each with certification from related Sector Skill Council (s).

Objectives of KARMA

The scheme aims at:

1. Strategically planned skill initiatives to create skilled and certified workforce, who not only contribute towards the growth of India but also drive the country into becoming the global skills capital.
2. Encourage the institutions for making the best use of available infrastructure of higher education system during off hours for skill training by re-aligning the existing infrastructure for the skill courses specially, training AIDS, syllabus, curriculum etc. as per NSQF aligned Qualifications.
3. This scheme is applicable to the candidate who have passed at least10th standard/ ITIs
4. The training under the Scheme shall be, any domain-specific demand-led skill training activity preferably in core engineering sectors leading to employment

OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES:

1. Eligibility of the Training Providing Institutes (TPIs):
All existing AICTE approved institutions will be eligible to participate in the scheme. The institutions who are running relevant technical courses will be given approval on priority.
Active participation shall be encouraged by universities and colleges to participate in this initiative.
All selected institutions will have to comply with the norms as specified in the scheme and decided by the Government from time to time for implementation of the scheme.
2. Selection Procedure:
Online applications will be invited from the AICTE approved Technical Institutes/Polytechnics by issuing a Public Notice on the AICTE website. The proposals will be submitted in the prescribed format within specified time. The proposals will be evaluated at AICTE, based on the merit of the proposal.
The list of selected institutions along with programmes will be notified on the AICTE websites and will be intimated through mail id registered on portal.
3. Target Beneficiaries
    # School dropouts after class 10th, who want to pursue, attain higher order skills and are living in the vicinity of College/Polytechnic.
   # This scheme is applicable to the candidate who have passed at least10th standard/ ITIs.
   # Fulfils other criteria for the respective job role as defined by the NSQF.
   # Possesses an Aadhaar card
4. Admission
   # Any 10th pass and above may join such programmes. For admission to the programmes offered by the Institutions, preference will be given to the learners living in the local community.
   # Institutes can admit 50% of approved intake of AICTE in respective or relevant branch.
   # 5% seats shall be offered by every institute to PwD students under Fee waiver scheme.
   # There shall be no age bar for admission under this scheme.
   # Admission may be done round the year, depending on the duration of the programmes, to facilitate a steady stream of learners joining the college and moving out as trained work force to the job market.
5. Modes of Training
The modes of training that may be adopted under KARMA are:
   # 100% contact-based approach: Both theory and practical shall be conducted physically at approved institutions.
   # Blended approach: Theory portion of course may be delivered through digital / online mode and the practical portion to be delivered at institute’s training centre, by using the physical training infrastructure.
6. The Job roles/ Qualifications:
These Colleges/ Polytechnics will offer credit-based modular programmes, as per the vocational trades prescribed in the Samagra Siksha vocational scheme or other NSQF aligned short duration courses which are aligned with the future job/ entrepreneurship opportunities relevant for the target group.
The Skill need assessment of the particular area/ district/ state can be done for selecting the qualifications by the institute. AICTE has also identified some areas as under*:

Duration of the courses

• Kindly refer for duration of the courses in the appended table below.

Credit framework:
Banking of credits for skill shall be permitted so as to enable mobility of learners as per progressive job roles in skill vertical and further towards higher studies by means of a bridge course to attain general education credits. The credit framework for these courses will be as notified by the National Higher Education Qualification Framework (NHEQF), which will be coordinated with the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF).

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