National Initiatives - India

Policies

• Information Technology Action Plan
• National Policy for the Empowerment of Women - 2001

Programmes/projects

• Action Programme on Improvement of Work Opportunities for Women Beedi Workers
• Decent Employment for Women in India Project
• Education Guarantee Scheme and Alternative and Innovative Education
• Scheme for Assistance to Voluntary Agencies for Non-Formal Education for Elementary Age-Group Children under the Programme of Universalisation of Elementary Education
• Thrust on Employment and Training for Women
• Vocational Education Programme (VEP)
• Women Empowerment Project (WEP) in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Open University

Institutions

• Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET)
• Central Institute of Vocational Education (PSSCIVE)
• Institute of People’s Education ( Jan Shikshan Sansthan, JSS)
• National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
• National Literacy Mission
• National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB)

Systems/frameworks

• Vocationalisation of Secondary Education