Author: Ayaan Imdad
Site Location: Valmiki Nagar, Bihar
Institute: Dayananda Sagar College Of Architecture
Advisor: Ar. Tawhid Kham

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In response to the need for vocational education in India following the new education policy, the architectural thesis envisions a transformative school that not only imparts vocational skills but serves as a vibrant social hub. This echoes the concept of a “School as Community Center” linking education, skill development, and social interaction. The National Curriculum Framework for School Education 2023 provides insights into curricular goals aligned with this vision. The aim is to explore design of sustainable and inclusive learning centers that can become vibrant social hub with focus on vocational education to respond to transforming educational landscape and support development of rural and backward communities. The thesis proposes the infrastructural weaving of “community – education – engagement” by designing a vocational school. It seeks to understand and implement design techniques facilitate community education and promote community engagement through the construction and function of the building.

With the release of National Education Policy 2020 and under the New Curriculum Framework, the Bihar government has approved the construction of 43 new vocational schools that will be open to the public, and its courses will depend on socio socio-economic structure of the local community. These 43 new schools were approved in the year 2021-22 as per a report submitted to the Rajya Sabha.

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