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ZHCES organises a seminar by Dr. Vera Maltseva

ZHCES organises a seminar by Dr. Vera Maltseva

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Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies
School of Social Sciences

 
ZHCES Seminar Series

 

Transformation of the TVET Sector and the Educational and Career Pathways of the Youth in Russia

 

Dr. Vera Maltseva, Director,
Centre for Vocational Education and Skills Development, Institute of Education, HSE University

 

Abstract: In Russia, TVET sector has been changing dramatically since 2010-s. The majority of 9th graders opt for vocational institutions, choosing VET as their first education. The lecture covers the transformation of the TVET sector in Russia in terms of both institutional landscape and individual trajectories. A special focus will be made on the educational and career trajectories of graduates in terms of labour market success and social mobility. Using data from the Russian national cohort longitudinal study, we investigate how starting conditions (socioeconomic status and aspirations, academic abilities and personal characteristics) shape students’ paths through postsecondary education and the world of work; also we investigate how these paths shape patterns of social mobility and which educational or career pathways contribute to the upward and downward mobility patterns.

 

Bio: Vera Maltseva has a Ph.D. in Economics and is the Director of the Centre for Vocational Education and Skills Development at the Institute of Education, HSE University (Moscow, Russia). She also holds the position of Academic Supervisor of the Master’s Program “Evidence-based Educational Development” at the IoE, HSE University. She is currently the leading researcher in various projects funded by the federal & regional ministries of education, and national research foundations. Dr. Maltseva's current research interest is focused on the education-labour market nexus, educational and career pathways, and institutional landscape of vocational education.

 

DATE: 27 November, 2024 (Wednesday)
TIME: 12.00 pm to 01:00 pm
Venue: #207, SSS-II

 

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A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.