STRENGTH
- Centrally sponsored scheme by which Central Government can control the department in an indirect way
- Right for education act which says No student with in a group (Plus two is a group) must be denied with education or skills
- Group fighting staff - Group wise dissatisfaction among the staff over certain issues like principal post
- Low staff strength enables easy merging
- Higher than average employees turn over in the state in VHSE department
- Public grudge and complaints over the lazy non performing teaching staff
- Outdated courses or low profile job oriented courses
- Public awareness on the low profile of VHSE courses
- Job oriented courses conducted by ITI, ITC and to a greater extend by various Polytechnics
- Absence of KPSC approval for most of the courses
- Failure of VHSE objective – Inability of student to handle a skill independently
- Enthusiasm of Department of HSE over the merging issue
- Lack of effective inter personal relationship between HS & HSE and VHSE Staff
- Most backward infrastructure compared to Higher Secondary Schools
- Absence of effective supervision and co-ordination of VHSS
- Inferiority complex of VHSE staff over HSE staff
- Top level executive lobbying against merging
- Political support to resist change
- Lobbying by aided management school staff against merging
- PSC approval for few courses and wide publicity to these courses
- Media support against merging
- Wide publicity on inefficient but conducting On the Job training
- insufficient staff strength in directorate and regional offices
- Appointment of new staff in VHSE department
- Ultimatum given by the Central Government to introduce the rules of RTE act
- State Government support to merging/ Revamping
- Absence of unaided schools conducting the course
- Irresponsible VHSE department – No follow up on the future of VHSE pass outs
- Unavailability of minimum number of students for conducting the course
- Lack of a permanent and efficient director to head the department
- Supportive Non Vocational teaching and some ministerial staff of the department
- Inequality shown by the Government among the VHSE and HSE students
- Chances for discontinuation of central assistance
- obsolete courses due to technological advancement
- Non recognition of VHS courses by certain universities outside Kerala
- Fight for power among the different section of staff with in the Department
- Chances of closing down due to uneconomic secondary division in schools
- Diminishing inflow due to introduction of new schools in the locality
- Staff of VHSE department looking for better prospects in other departments
- Low work load enjoyed by the staff of VHSE department
- Over control from management schools
- Less responsibility with minimum or nil financial commitment of VHSE staff
- Flexible working time
