Institute of Vocational Studies (IVS)

AWADH CENTRE OF EDUCATION

The Institute of Vocational Studies is an academic unit of Awadh Public Charitable Trust-Society, established in the year 2002 with the prime objective to provide a platform for quality education and for the upliftment of Minority Community and weaker sections of the Society. It is a private un-aided and self-financing institution, which is managed and controlled by a non-profitable educational Society (Awadh Public Charitable Trust). The institute is imparting professional teacher education and training in B.Ed. & ETE (now D.El.Ed.) Programmes. Institute of Vocational Studies (Deptt. of Teacher Education-B.Ed.) has been accredited by NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council). The B.Ed. (Bachelor of Education) one year course was launched from the academic year 2003-04. The NCTE (National Council of Teacher’s Education) vide order No. F.NRC/NCTE/F-3/DH-154/617 dated 24.4.2003 granted unconditional recognition to run B.Ed. Programme with an approved intake of 100 student, and approved by the Directorate of Higher Education of Govt. of NCT of Delhi under the affiliation of GGS Indraprastha University of Delhi.

The institute is now successfully completing of its 18th academic year and eighteen batches have successfully passed out with 100% results. Recently, as per Regulations-2014 NRC- NCTE issued the revised Recognition Order to Institute of Vocational Studies for conducting B.Ed. programme of two years duration with an annual intake of 100 for two basic units of 50 students each from the academic session 2015-16. The D.El.Ed. (Diploma in Elementary Education) two years course was launched from the academic year 2010-2012. NCTE (National Council of Teachers Education) vide Order No. F.NRC/NCTE/F-3/DH-209/2004/6803 dated 24.08.2004 granted unconditional recognition to run D.El.Ed. programme with an approved intake of 50 students under the scheme of “Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan” – Directorate of Higher Education of Government of NCT of Delhi under the affiliation of SCERT, Delhi. The institute is now successfully completing its 11th academic session and eleven batches of the D.El.Ed. programme successfully passed out with 100% results. More than 90% of students in each batch of D.El.Ed. get placed as primary teachers in various reputed schools of Delhi and NCR. Practical training for students is provided in some of the reputed schools in Delhi like D.P.S., N.G.F.S., Andhra Education Society, Kendriya Vidhyalaya etc.

AWADH PUBLIC CHARITABLE TRUST

Awadh Public Charitable Trust, a social service Non-Governmental Organization was established and put into operation in 1997 by committed social workers and eminent educationists. It is a premier society known for its commitments to serve and strengthen the socio-economic and cultural values and aspiration of the marginalized segments of Indian society, especially minority communities, backward and weaker sections. Since its very inception, the trust has endeavoured to ensure effective participation of the underprivileged in the educational mainstream with a view to develop talent, promote skills and nurture competencies among them so far deprived and the depressed. Needless to mention the fact the trust follows national policy within the overall framework of the law of the land relating to educational institutions.

The promoters of the APCT-Society have, at the same time, set out to address new challenges on the education system and, in their quest to deliver a meaningful service to social cause, identified women education, health care, professional and vocational education and training as the focal areas in their vision in the 21st century.

The Trust worked with continuity with a vision and objectives to empower the educationally weaker segments of society, particularly from the minority communities, making them self-reliant to ensure their effective participation in the process of national building and development. The Trust’s this determined bid found favour with the Government as well. Government of NCT of Delhi vide its order No. DHE-1(14) Estt./2000-2001/3876 dated 8.1.2002 accorded to the institutions run by the Trust the status of Muslim Minority Education Institutions. The Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University of Delhi has likewise affiliated our institution by approving reservation up to 50% of seats to Muslim Minority Community in admissions. These constitutional favours have gone to strengthen the Trust’s endeavour to work for the weaker section with new vigour. Having been enriched with experience and expertise over the years the Trust has developed educational infrastructure by setting up the Institute of Vocational Studies and Comm-IT Career Academy (under ACE-Awadh Centre of Education). The institutions, now conducting the following programmes: