Hon'ble Prime Minister of India has rightly indicated that young population is an asset only if it is educated,skilled and finds suitable productive employment.If this happens then our dream of realizing India's potential to grow at 10 percent per annum.for a substantial period can be achieved. Boston Consultancy Group's Study in the year 2007 had clearly focused that by 2020 while India have 56 million working people, the rest of the world will encounter a shortage of 47 million working people. Skill development is critical for achieving faster, sustainable and inclusive growth on the other. The demographic window of opportunity available to India would make India the skill capital of world. India enjoys a demographic dividend as more than 50 percent of its population is below the age of 25 years. India would be in position to meet the requirement of technically trained manpower not only for its growing economy but also of the aging advanced economies of the world.
Bridging the Skill gap.
Government has taken initiatives in terms of capacity creation, infrastructure development, provision of Institutional credit, stipend etc. for skill development with a focus on inclusivity. While the enrollment in technical higher education has grown, the employment continue to complain about non availability of requisite number of skilled persons. There is a serious mismatch between what Institutions produces and what the Market needs. This challenge needs to be properly addressed in a mission mode manner.The skill enhancement also leads the increased wages for the people and a positive growth outcome will be reflected in our national economy
National Policy on Skill Development.
A National Policy on Skill Development was formulated in the year 2009. The policy emphasis on dynamic, demand based skill initiatives which are aligned with government policies on economy and development. The Government of India is implementing several schemes on skill development with the objectives of enhancing employ ability through skilling up of the skilled, and re skilling of existing and new entrants to the labour force. Some of the major programmes are:-
Rural Self Employment Training Institutes. ( RSETIs)
Government is setting up RSETI, one in each district of the country for basic and skill development training of the rural BPL youth to enable them to undertake micro enterprises and wage employment. These are bank led institutions i,e, managed and run by the public sector/ private sector banks with active co-operation from the State Governments. Key features of the RSETIs include free, unique and short term residential self-employment training programme with free food and accommodation, designed specifically for rural youth . Ministry of Rural Development is bearing the one time expenditure, up to a maximum of RS. 1.00 crore per institution , on infrastructure development of these RSETIs.
Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS)
Under the Ministry of Labour & Employment is implemented with the objectives of (a) providing semi-skilled/ skilled workers to industry by systematic training to school leavers. (b) reducing unemployment among educated youth by equipping them with suitable skills for industrial employment. Seats are reserved for SC/ST candidates in proportion to their population in respective State /Union Territory Guidelines for reserving 3 per cent seats for physically challenged and 25 percent for women candidates.
Polytechnics.
Under the Ministry of Human Resource and Development is implemented with the objective to provide skills after class X and the duration of diploma programmes is 3 years in conventional disciplines such as Civil, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering.During the last two decade, many polytechnics have started offering courses in emerging discipline such as Electronics, Computer Science, Medical Lab Technology,Hospital Engineering etc. A new sub-mission on polytechnics for enhancing employment oriented skilled manpower has been started. Similarly, 300 polytechnics through PPP in consultation with industry associations are also being set up.
Addressed the Challenges for Skill Development in the 12th Plan (2012-2017)
1) Expanding the outreach in remote and difficult areas using technology (e-learning and simulation based packages.)
2) Setting up Skill Development Centres and implementation of Kaushal Vikash Yojana in uncovered block.
3) Undertaking skill group analysis, both sectoral and regionally
4) Promoting public private partnership in financing, service delivery, training of trainers, design and curriculum of courses in consultation with industry to make the market-relevant.
5) Setting up of an Aadhar based tracking of beneficiaries/ trainees both per-placement and post placement.
.6) Revamping Employment Exchanges to work as human resource development centres by subsuming activities like vocational guidance , counseling, soft skill training and placement.
Conclusion : Indication is clear that Government has taken initiative in a mission mode so that in near future, we are not only free from curse of unemployment but also arrange a pool of skilled human resources to encounter the shortage of rest of world - truly, future skill capital of world.
(Reading / Reference - 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017)
Bridging the Skill gap.
Government has taken initiatives in terms of capacity creation, infrastructure development, provision of Institutional credit, stipend etc. for skill development with a focus on inclusivity. While the enrollment in technical higher education has grown, the employment continue to complain about non availability of requisite number of skilled persons. There is a serious mismatch between what Institutions produces and what the Market needs. This challenge needs to be properly addressed in a mission mode manner.The skill enhancement also leads the increased wages for the people and a positive growth outcome will be reflected in our national economy
National Policy on Skill Development.
A National Policy on Skill Development was formulated in the year 2009. The policy emphasis on dynamic, demand based skill initiatives which are aligned with government policies on economy and development. The Government of India is implementing several schemes on skill development with the objectives of enhancing employ ability through skilling up of the skilled, and re skilling of existing and new entrants to the labour force. Some of the major programmes are:-
Rural Self Employment Training Institutes. ( RSETIs)
Government is setting up RSETI, one in each district of the country for basic and skill development training of the rural BPL youth to enable them to undertake micro enterprises and wage employment. These are bank led institutions i,e, managed and run by the public sector/ private sector banks with active co-operation from the State Governments. Key features of the RSETIs include free, unique and short term residential self-employment training programme with free food and accommodation, designed specifically for rural youth . Ministry of Rural Development is bearing the one time expenditure, up to a maximum of RS. 1.00 crore per institution , on infrastructure development of these RSETIs.
Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS)
Under the Ministry of Labour & Employment is implemented with the objectives of (a) providing semi-skilled/ skilled workers to industry by systematic training to school leavers. (b) reducing unemployment among educated youth by equipping them with suitable skills for industrial employment. Seats are reserved for SC/ST candidates in proportion to their population in respective State /Union Territory Guidelines for reserving 3 per cent seats for physically challenged and 25 percent for women candidates.
Polytechnics.
Under the Ministry of Human Resource and Development is implemented with the objective to provide skills after class X and the duration of diploma programmes is 3 years in conventional disciplines such as Civil, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering.During the last two decade, many polytechnics have started offering courses in emerging discipline such as Electronics, Computer Science, Medical Lab Technology,Hospital Engineering etc. A new sub-mission on polytechnics for enhancing employment oriented skilled manpower has been started. Similarly, 300 polytechnics through PPP in consultation with industry associations are also being set up.
Addressed the Challenges for Skill Development in the 12th Plan (2012-2017)
1) Expanding the outreach in remote and difficult areas using technology (e-learning and simulation based packages.)
2) Setting up Skill Development Centres and implementation of Kaushal Vikash Yojana in uncovered block.
3) Undertaking skill group analysis, both sectoral and regionally
4) Promoting public private partnership in financing, service delivery, training of trainers, design and curriculum of courses in consultation with industry to make the market-relevant.
5) Setting up of an Aadhar based tracking of beneficiaries/ trainees both per-placement and post placement.
.6) Revamping Employment Exchanges to work as human resource development centres by subsuming activities like vocational guidance , counseling, soft skill training and placement.
Conclusion : Indication is clear that Government has taken initiative in a mission mode so that in near future, we are not only free from curse of unemployment but also arrange a pool of skilled human resources to encounter the shortage of rest of world - truly, future skill capital of world.
(Reading / Reference - 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017)
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