Why Do We Need Skill-Based Education? 1991 is the year when the demand for jobs increased in India. Ever since India adopted the policy of Liberalisation, Privatisation, and Globalisation, the country has seen a shift in the job market. The focus has moved towards practical skills and real-time projects. In fact, the education pattern also saw a transition from formal education to internships, project work, and skills-based education or vocational education in India. What is Skill-Based Education? In India, skill-based education is popularly known as vocational education. According to AICTE, “Vocational education or Vocational Education and Training (VET), also called Career and Technical Education (CTE), prepares learners for jobs that are based in manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic and totally related to a specific trade, occupation or vocation, hence the term, in which the learner participates. It is sometimes referred to as technical education, as the lear