REACHING RURAL INDIA

Dr. (Mrs.) Parul Bhatnagar

parulpb@gmail.com
Faculty of Arts
Dr. S.D. Bhatnagar
Faculty of Social Sciences
bhatnagar_sdb@redifmail.com
Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Agra

ABSTRACT
In the context of the rapidly growing Indian economy and the expected shortfall of
trained or skilled manpower required for sustaining economic growth, initiatives
for skill-development have gained importance at the national level. Moreover,
only limited financial and human resources may be readily available. Hence, there
is considerable interest in development of appropriate rural technologies and
applications and also in skill up-gradation initiatives. Vocational development
would benefit those rural workers who up-grade their technical skills and
contribute to the developing industrial complex in any category of a vast array of
skilled workers. This paper focuses on pursuing innovative strategies for reaching
rural segments to impart vocational education and build a skill-driven economic
transformation in order to have more inclusive growth.

Keywords: Rural learners, skill up-gradation, technical and vocational

education, appropriate rural technologies, distance education.