What is "Center of Excellence" ?

According to the website related to center's of vocational excellence , UK (http://cove.ise.gov.uk/index.cfm), a Centre of excellence is specially institute for vocational training characterized by close links between institute, other training provider, industry, other employment interest and communities. It aims to produced appropriate qualified and skilled workers with excellent employment and career prospects which meet the needs of the economic.

Center of excellence will focus on enhancing the skill and careers of those already in work. Enhancing the employability of new entrance to the labor market, and the employment prospectus of those seeking employment (including self employment ).It will enable development, maintenance and delivery of high quality, specialist vocational training across a range of new and traditional occupation. It will be innovate in delivering training that develop both specialist and related general skills.

Centre of excellence will work closely with business and industry to deliver industry relevant, economically important provision of a high standard.

Objectives of the scheme

• The main objective is to upgrade the existing ITIs into ‘Centre of excellence’ for producing multi kill workforce of world standard by Introduction of new multi skilling modular courses as per needs of industry and to provide employable skills.
• Improvement of physical infrastructure facilities like building, equipment etc.
• Adoption of new training technology with close involvement of industry and other stack holders in planning and implementation of training programs.
• Empowering this centers by providing sufficient autonomy in academic administrative, financial and management matters.
• Generating income and investment for institutionary development.
• Introducing short term training program for industrial / service sector personal as per their specific requirements.
• Building up partnership with the nearby industry and setting up of institute management comities (IMCs) to make training wholly demand driven.