| Vocational studies at the Bachelors level are no longer | | | | head. |
| seen as merely secondary to the mainstream | | | | As the economy gets global, the job market also |
| education, but are fast becoming popular with more | | | | becomes more and more competitive. Vocational |
| and more opting for such courses. There is no doubt | | | | courses help students acquire key skills that cross |
| that every student may not have the aptitude for | | | | international boundaries, and help them secure jobs in |
| science, law, banking etc. With vocational studies, | | | | any part of the world. A photographer, or designer for |
| students get a chance to make a career out of an | | | | instance need not work within national boundaries, but it |
| activity they enjoy. If you havent given tertiary | | | | is purely their skills that make them best suited for jobs |
| vocational education a thought, then perhaps it is time | | | | in the international market. |
| you sit up and take notice. | | | | There is no dearth of career opportunities whatsoever |
| While we all know why students opt for conventional | | | | after your tertiary vocational education. While most |
| academic courses in banking, law, medicine, engineering | | | | begin at the trainee or apprentice level, there is |
| etc, here are a few reasons why tertiary vocational | | | | tremendous scope for development and progress. |
| education provides the perfect alternative for students | | | | Careers like photography, web designing, music and |
| who are looking for an education that will suitably | | | | sound production, hospitality and tourism, that were |
| prepare them for the highly competitive international | | | | earlier considered frivolous by people, are being taken |
| job market, that the world has become today. | | | | very seriously. With formal education and training in |
| The most important reason why you should look into | | | | these courses, they have become organized disciplines |
| vocational training for your Bachelors education is that | | | | as well, and are seen as potential goldmines of jobs, |
| it has a very job-specific approach. The subjects, | | | | rather than just fanciful hobbies. |
| faculty, teaching pedagogy, all are aimed at helping | | | | Another reason that vocational courses are catching |
| students secure jobs immediately after they graduate. | | | | on is that most of them dont require you to devote 4 |
| Placement assistance, compulsory training | | | | years to a college education, followed by a period of |
| apprenticeship period, practical projects and | | | | job-hunting. Most vocational courses are limited to a |
| assignments, all better equip the students to secure | | | | period of 2 years, including on-the-job training, so you |
| jobs after their course of study is duly complete. | | | | save a lot of precious time in your career. |
| No economy is recession-proof, as even the most | | | | The hands-on training experience that tertiary |
| developed countries around the world realised recently. | | | | vocational education provides a student comes in very |
| In such times, managers, executives, and a huge chunk | | | | handy in the high-pressure work environment today, |
| of the private sector faces the danger of losing their | | | | where there are absolutely no fixed rules. New |
| jobs, and having their careers freeze mid-track. | | | | challenges, pressures, transfers to different |
| Vocational courses on the other hand, give students | | | | departments and countries altogether are common in |
| the option of being self-employed. This means that | | | | the work-environment today, and vocational education |
| even if the global economy slows down, you will still | | | | prepares the students for these, much better than any |
| have at least have job security, and the threat of the | | | | academic 4 year college degree can. |
| dreaded pink slip will not be looming at large on your | | | | |