Bhubaneswar, April 29 -- The Committee constituted by the Ministry of Education has framed draft guidelines on Apprenticeship Embedded Degree/Diploma Programme (AEDP) for Technical Education. There was no provision for extending benefits of apprenticeship training to the technical students pursuing degree/diploma till 2019.

However, due to certain amendments to the Apprenticeship Rules in 2019, 'Degree Apprentice' was introduced as an apprentice undergoing a course in order that he/she may hold a degree granted by any recognised institution or university and undergoing apprenticeship training as an integrated component of the curricula.'

In the year 2020, the National Education Policy 2020 suggested that different models of vocational e...