Volume : 9, Issue : 3, MAR 2023

DRA ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES

A STUDY OF THE PERCEPTION OF THE EDUCATIONAL LEADERS ON CREATING OF GREEN COLLAR INDUSTRY THROUGH VOCATIONAL TEACHING IN SOUTHERN RAJASTHAN

DR. SHALENDRA SINGH RAO, SAGAR SHARMA

Abstract

Purpose: This study provides a broad summary of the respondents' opinions on the formation of a green collar sector by supporting renewable energy jobs through graduate and postgraduate university programmes, as well as vocational-technical high school programmes. The responders are the full-time faculty at the state-accredited universities in Southern Rajasthan. In order to establish a new social paradigm for sustainable development, it seeks to raise awareness of green collar labour among the general population.

Importance: While we fight significant issues like resource depletion, climate change, ozone layer loss, glacier melt, altered seasonal patterns, global warming, and other unfavourable conditions brought on by the growing human population, nature has been objectified and taken over by resource extraction. All living things in the natural world are threatened by these issues. To provide the energy needed to support modern lives, humanity must use its capacity to develop truly renewable energy sources rather than directly depleting the natural resources. Educating the workforce and the leadership to actively promote green economies and jobs in the renewable energy sector is one component of this effort. In Rajasthan, graduate unemployment rates are rising as a result of a significant disconnect between the educational system and the labour market. The state has a great opportunity to develop educational programmes that aim to educate green collar workers and prepare the next generation for opportunities in this area.

Proposed Research Methodology: The current study is descriptive in character. The research's study population consists of the regular teaching staff members who work for the state universities in Southern Rajasthan. The researcher advises employing a non-probability and deliberate sampling approach to obtain the sample. The sample size for the study would be 138 individuals. Using a self-made questionnaire, the researcher will conduct an opinion-based survey and gather data. The study will also make suggestions for bettering educational paradigms in light of its findings.

Limitations of the study: The sample region (permanent teaching staff of state universities) and sample size are the study's main limitations (138). Rajasthan's southern region. If both of these had been improved, the results would have been more accurate and precise.

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