EDCA organized an Exhibition-cum-Sale Exhibition .
National Tele24 News
Chandigarh,
24th May
2018
Education Department Chandigarh Administration has
organized an Exhibition-cum-Sale of Children, Teenagers, Ladies Garments and
Hand Painted, Block & Screen Printed Linen, Dupattas and other items
prepared by 10+2 Fashion Designing & Clothing Construction and Textile
Designing & Printing Vocational Course students at Kisan
Bhawan, Sector-35, Chandigarh for two days i.e. 24th May
and 25th May, 2018.
The inauguration of the Exhibition-cum-sale was done by Sh. B.L Sharma, IAS,
Education Secretary, U.T., Chandigarh today.
Fashion Designing & Clothing Construction Vocational
Course is being offered in 9 Govt. Sr. Sec. Schools and Textile Designing &
Printing Vocational Course is being offered in 2 Govt. Sr. Sec.
Schools. The items displayed in this Exhibition-cum-Sale have been
prepared by the students in the school workshop. Real work situation
is created in the school workshop and the students work under the supervision
of their teachers, creating designer items every day.
During these
days students put the skills of designing, cutting and tailoring to practice
and produce variety of items for various age groups and tastes. Similarly,
students of Textile Designing & Printing, with fine strokes of brush
created beautiful Suits, Sarees, Duppattas and other linen items. To
develop the entrepreneurship skills in the students, they are involved in the
process of production, right from the first stage of purchasing the material to
the last stage of finishing of an item. Cost calculation of each
item is also done by the students and finally the items are packed nicely for
display in the Exhibition-cum-Sale.
To add
more colour to the Exhibition-cum-Sale and to give an opportunity to maximum
number of students of various Vocational Courses to participate in this event,
students of Health Care & Beauty Culture, Hotel Management & Catering
Technology, Food and Beverage Service and Bakery & Confectionery Vocational
Courses also participated in it. Students of Health Care &
Beauty Culture have put up stalls of Herbal cosmetic items such as face packs,
creams, lotions etc. learnt and prepared by them during their course of On the
Job Training. Students of Hotel
Management & Catering Technology, Food and Beverage Service and Bakery
& Confectionery vocational courses had put up stalls of food items popular
with the students such at pocket friendly prices catering to the participating
students in the premises.
In all,
this Exhibition-cum-Sale is an effective platform for the students of various
vocational courses to practice their entrepreneurial skills and come face to
face with the customers. The pocket friendly prices of all items
attract large number of people to this Exhibition-cum-Sale. Thus this
event is also a medium to popularize
Vocational Courses at 10+2 stage amongst
masses and to bring awareness in public about this job oriented education
wherein after doing any vocational course at 10+2 stage a student is trained
enough to get engaged in wage or self employment. Approximately 500 students
from various Govt. Sr. Sec. Schools offering Fashion Designing, Textile
Designing, Hotel Management & Catering, Bakery & Confectionery and Food
Service Management and Health Care & Beauty Culture are participating in
the event.
It is also to
highlight that 102 students have been placed under various vocational courses
like Health and Beauty Studies, Fashion Designing and Garment Technology,
Stenography and Computer Application with a pay grade of 4000 (min)- 50,000
(max).
