Correct Answer - Option 1 : UGC
UGC is the agency that founded SCOVE.
Standing Committee of Vocational Education (SCOVE):
- A bachelor’s degree in vocational education is likely to be introduced in the University Grants Commission in 2012.
- The standing committee of UGC has formally approved a proposal to introduce a bachelor's degree in vocational education.
- Once approved by the Commission, a college student can pick up a bachelor's degree in art, science, commerce, or vocational education.
- The All India Council of Technical Education had earlier requested UGC to introduce vocational education at the college level.
- The curriculum of the new courses will be put on the website by March 10.
- The student will have to choose a sector and a specific specialization from each sector.
- Initially, 10 sectors have been chosen including tourism, construction, printing, telecom, IT, mobile, and communication.
- To begin with, one college can have five sectors.
- Each sector can have a maximum of 100 students which means initially a college can have 500 students for vocational education.
- There are plans to allow students to shift from BVoc to arts, science, or commerce, thus not punishing students for signing up for the new course.
With the recommendations of the Standing Committee on Vocational Education (SCORE) and its sub-committee/regional committee constituted for the purpose, the UGC identified 209 institutions (19 Universities and 190 Colleges) in the first instance, for starting vocational courses at the first-degree level during 1994-95.