Kohima, May 17 (MExN): Bachelor of Vocation (B. Voc.) students of Modern College, Kohima studying Retail Management & IT are currently doing internship in Bangalore with Foodworld and Health & Glow, a prominent retail house in the Deccan. The internship is for 3 months.
A press release from John Besii, VP Admin, Modern College informed that the students departed for Bangalore from Kohima on April 15 with Younus Parvez, Asst. Prof., B. Voc. accompanying them. Besides on the job training, the students are given Rs. 8000 per month as stipend, it added.
“Through this exposure, students will learn the actual operation of the retail world and gain practical experience in the field.”
The B. Voc. course is approved by the UGC with an intake capacity of 50 students per batch, the release said, adding the new batch for the course will start from July 1.
It was further informed that B. Voc. is an initiative of Government of India under Narendra Modi to skill the youths of the country and align higher education with the emerging needs of the economy so as to ensure that the graduates of higher education system have adequate knowledge and skills for employment and entrepreneurship. Run in more than 127 colleges and universities across India at present, the course gives more importance to practical education than the customary theoretical education.
