<p>Delhi University's, College of Vocational Studies (CVS) which was started as an experiment to bring specialized professional courses in mainstream education, in a degree format has witnessed an increase in the number of students applying for its seven vocational degree courses every year. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“For the academic year 2010-2011, the University started its centralized forms system, we got over 15,000 forms from students applying for various courses here, majority were for vocational courses,” said Inderjeet Dagar, principal of CVS. <br /><br />The college also provides few regular BA (Hons) and BCom courses. <br /><br />Another building planned<br />Given the number of students starting to apply for the courses, the College officials have recently sent a proposal for the construction of another building in the premises and talks are to introduce two more vocational courses — BEd and Business Studies. <br /><br />“Space is a problem to introduce these two courses. We have sent the proposal to DU, we are waiting for their reply on it. The courses will be introduced soon,” said Dagar. <br /><br />According to an official, B.A in tourism is the most sought after course which is followed by management in bachelors course — Human Resource Management (HRM).<br /><br />“We had a 100 per cent placement last academic year for our tourism batch. In fact for 2010-2011 academic year, there were more than 100 students who applied for the tourism course which has a seat limit of 77. In HRM also the applicants are always exceeding the seat limit,” said Dagar.<br /><br />‘Good course’<br />“The outlook of people has changed towards vocational courses, which is a good sign. In the last few years, they are more acceptable in studying professional courses instead of choosing a BA or a Bcom degree,” said Dagar.<br /><br />The students feel that a professional course adds value when one applies for further studies as they find that their basics are clear. <br /><br />“If I have already planned that I want to do an MBA, then a bachelor course in management is a good idea. <br /><br />“And we still get to be students of a reputed University like DU without choosing non-professional bachelor courses. <br />“As far as I know most of the seats get filled. Also since the cut off for all the vocational courses is not less than 75 per cent, a standard is maintained” said Shruti Goel, student of Tourism.<br /></p>
<p>Delhi University's, College of Vocational Studies (CVS) which was started as an experiment to bring specialized professional courses in mainstream education, in a degree format has witnessed an increase in the number of students applying for its seven vocational degree courses every year. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“For the academic year 2010-2011, the University started its centralized forms system, we got over 15,000 forms from students applying for various courses here, majority were for vocational courses,” said Inderjeet Dagar, principal of CVS. <br /><br />The college also provides few regular BA (Hons) and BCom courses. <br /><br />Another building planned<br />Given the number of students starting to apply for the courses, the College officials have recently sent a proposal for the construction of another building in the premises and talks are to introduce two more vocational courses — BEd and Business Studies. <br /><br />“Space is a problem to introduce these two courses. We have sent the proposal to DU, we are waiting for their reply on it. The courses will be introduced soon,” said Dagar. <br /><br />According to an official, B.A in tourism is the most sought after course which is followed by management in bachelors course — Human Resource Management (HRM).<br /><br />“We had a 100 per cent placement last academic year for our tourism batch. In fact for 2010-2011 academic year, there were more than 100 students who applied for the tourism course which has a seat limit of 77. In HRM also the applicants are always exceeding the seat limit,” said Dagar.<br /><br />‘Good course’<br />“The outlook of people has changed towards vocational courses, which is a good sign. In the last few years, they are more acceptable in studying professional courses instead of choosing a BA or a Bcom degree,” said Dagar.<br /><br />The students feel that a professional course adds value when one applies for further studies as they find that their basics are clear. <br /><br />“If I have already planned that I want to do an MBA, then a bachelor course in management is a good idea. <br /><br />“And we still get to be students of a reputed University like DU without choosing non-professional bachelor courses. <br />“As far as I know most of the seats get filled. Also since the cut off for all the vocational courses is not less than 75 per cent, a standard is maintained” said Shruti Goel, student of Tourism.<br /></p>
