For those who want to pursue a course that is vocational in nature with a lot of applied component and also those who havn't fared too well in the Class XII boards, Delhi University's (DU) BA Programme might just be the right choice. The popular BA (Pass) course was restructured to BA Programme one of the sought after courses offered in over 42 colleges in DU, of which 39 offer it with vocational subjects thereby enhancing students' job prospects. A student with a best of four aggregate of 40% in Class XII from any stream is eligible to apply. Admission would depend on the cut-off list of individual colleges. In School of Open Learning anyone with 40% marks can register for the programme. The courses include language papers in English, Hindi and Sanskrit of which two are compulsory. Other subjects include business data processing, economics, food technology, geography, history, education, family and child welfare, nutrition and health education, office management and secretarial practice, psychology, music, political science and sociology.
The foundation course, which is taught in second year, includes language, literature and culture, contemporary India: economy, politics and society, human rights, gender and environment. The third year offers applied courses including mathematics for social science, banking and insurance, mass communication, nutrition and health, family and child development, Indian art, theatre and performance, voluntary organization and creative writing. 'There are four papers in each year. In first year, one has to take two language papers (English and Hindi). Those who take admission based on Sanskrit can opt for Sanskrit. There are two papers from the other subjects offered like economics, political science, history, philosophy, sociology, mathematics etc depending upon the college. In second year, students would choose either of the language course opted in first year and one foundation course. The list of foundation courses varies for different colleges. The rest of the two papers are from the two subjects the student took up in first year,' said Shri Prakash Singh, faculty, Sri Aurobindo College.
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Mitraniketan is a Gandhian based non profit organisation founded by K. Viswanathan in 1956 after his studies from Santiniketan and exposure to Folk high schools of Denmark. He visualised encouraging community based education with holistic development of people and society. Progress of society through the total development of individuals is the avowed mission of Mitraniketan. In today's world of transition, we must examine how we approach the concept of development and reorient our approach and methods in such a way as to put humaneness back into the equation. Our primary task in this re-orientation is the enablement of people; development will come about only when individuals as part of the family and community are of their own power in determining the circumstances of their own lives. 
Similarly, rural women and housewives are another important group that People's College is trying to educate. Often these women have productive skills that have never been realised or utilised. Normally housewives in the village spend majority of their time cooking and rearing children and are not given the opportunity for education or skill training. People's College works to change some of these traditional routines, so that women can make choices for themselves. Potential can be developed through creating awareness, developing their functional capability, and organising them in Self Help Groups. Over the last five years, Mitraniketan People's College has trained approximately 500 housewives and organised them into 50 Self Help Groups in neighbouring villages. The organisation of women's groups has exposed them to the outside world, given them confidence, given them support and a voice. Now, these women are working to improve their skills and supplement the family income. Additionally, Peoples College welcomes the participation of small NGOs that are engaged in development and education activities. When working together, all participants develop a better understanding of techniques and training which strengthens and benefits the entire programme. 
Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India once said, “Education should inculcate a life-long habit of learning. And today, this is all the more necessary, because the corpus of knowledge is increasing at a tremendous pace.” Indira Gandhi National Open University (
“The government plans to open more ‘Community Colleges’ across the country with focus on skill development during the Eleventh Plan Period, with an aim to generate skilled manpower for the labour market. Such colleges, providing an open-access admission policy, would also fulfill the mandate of the National Skill Mission and bring hopes to drop-outs, besides realising dreams of those who wish to complete higher studies. They would have provisions for vertical mobility and service as a community-based institution of higher education.
this initiative, which will go a long way in strengthening, among others, the Indian literacy
If the statistics given by the National Information Centre are any indications to go by, then what becomes obvious is the huge percentage of dropouts at the high school and higher secondary school stages. This calls for an alternative system of education like the community colleges.
work for the economically under privileged in India. Tewes observed that the children in the hundreds of orphanages supported by Inter-mission and other India partners were bereft of skills that are required in the job market. A strategy was in order. With like-minded friends he started Inter-Mission 
Community colleges can help foster entrepreneurship. They provide a great deal of training in business-related skills, such as information technology and accounting. They often offer programmes on how to start small businesses and can support such efforts as business incubators. These small businesses can be targeted at industries that will be initially supported through the stimulus package. For instance, small engineering and construction businesses can be created that specialise in retrofitting houses, apartments, or commercial buildings so that they use energy more efficiently (through better insulation and controls, and the like) and installing equipment, such as solar panels or windmills, that can actually generate energy locally. Or, the incubator could help start small businesses that specialise in software and business processes for medical offices and hospitals, to take advantage of the Obama administration's focus on increasing quality and efficiency in the health care sector through improved use of information technology.
