INSTITUTE OF VOCATIONAL STUDIES, SHEIKH SARAI

Institute of Vocational Studies (IVS) is the main campus of the Awadh Group of Institutions, situated at Awadh Bhawan FC-31, Institutional Area, Sheikh Sarai-II, New Delhi, India. The campus spans one acre of land. IVS is affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University under its own name. The broader Awadh Group of Institutions began with the Awadh Centre of Education, established in 1995 to improve educational quality for all, including socially backward and minority communities. In 1999, the group started the Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine & Allied Sciences (IRMAS), and later established the Institute of Vocational Studies in 2003–04. IVS offers a two-year undergraduate professional degree, the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed), which prepares students to become school teachers. This programme is recognized by the National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE), the Ministry of Human Resource Development, and approved by the Directorate of Higher Education of the Government of NCT of Delhi. The institute was nationally accredited with an "A" grade by NAAC in 2011. IVS also offers ETE (Elementary Teacher Education), a two-year diploma programme in elementary teacher education.