New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- The government on Monday outlined its plan to bring vocational training into mainstream schooling under the National Education Policy.

The push is meant to give students earlier exposure to workplace skills and create clearer pathways between short-term training and higher education, skill development minister Jayant Chaudhary said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

The union minister said vocational subjects are now being offered in more than 25,000 schools nationwide, with enrollment of over 35 lakh students, and added that a hub-and-spoke model has been introduced so that schools without workshops can use the facilities of nearby hub schools

The ministry has also set up 1,200 vocational labs in Navodaya Vidyal...