Chandigarh, May 21
Subject to approval, a proposal is afoot to engage students of fashion designing and textile management in various government-run schools to redesign school uniforms and to even stitch them.
Marking a departure from conventional approaches, the UT education department is examining a plan to provide employment to these students by entrusting the task to them, said sources.
“Many students who enrol in such courses don’t pursue higher studies. At times, despite being talented, they fail to secure good jobs due to lack of experience. We spent a huge amount of money to get uniforms stitched, which are eventually distributed free to students belonging to economically weaker sections of the population. If these students are handed over the job then they’re likely to not only gain experience but also earn money,” said UT director of public instruction (schools) Sandeep Hans.
The project, which will be launched on a pilot basis, also aims at redesigning the look of government school uniforms that education department officials feel need to be “smartened up”.
“The details of redesigning the school uniforms are yet to be worked out. But yes, a smarter look is always welcome. We’ll surely encourage these students to come up with convenient and affordable designs and, very soon, one of them may become the face of our schools,” Hans added.
According t the initial plan the students will be divided into self-help groups that will be provided with all the raw materials. Nine government senior secondary schools are currently offering a vocational course on fashion designing and clothing construction with two offering a textile designing and printing vocational course.
The project will surely change the face of these courses as up till now the products designed or produced by students have failed to make it to the professional world and have ended up being their project property or freebies for teachers.
Subject to approval, a proposal is afoot to engage students of fashion designing and textile management in various government-run schools to redesign school uniforms and to even stitch them.
Marking a departure from conventional approaches, the UT education department is examining a plan to provide employment to these students by entrusting the task to them, said sources.
“Many students who enrol in such courses don’t pursue higher studies. At times, despite being talented, they fail to secure good jobs due to lack of experience. We spent a huge amount of money to get uniforms stitched, which are eventually distributed free to students belonging to economically weaker sections of the population. If these students are handed over the job then they’re likely to not only gain experience but also earn money,” said UT director of public instruction (schools) Sandeep Hans.
The project, which will be launched on a pilot basis, also aims at redesigning the look of government school uniforms that education department officials feel need to be “smartened up”.
“The details of redesigning the school uniforms are yet to be worked out. But yes, a smarter look is always welcome. We’ll surely encourage these students to come up with convenient and affordable designs and, very soon, one of them may become the face of our schools,” Hans added.
According t the initial plan the students will be divided into self-help groups that will be provided with all the raw materials. Nine government senior secondary schools are currently offering a vocational course on fashion designing and clothing construction with two offering a textile designing and printing vocational course.
The project will surely change the face of these courses as up till now the products designed or produced by students have failed to make it to the professional world and have ended up being their project property or freebies for teachers.
1 comments:
This is all sooo beautiful! I love the quilts. Have recently started following your blog and I love your style!
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