Conference of State Secretaries

on

Skill Development : Bridging Skills

Deficit & Promoting Employability

26 September 2008, PHD House, New Delhi

Collective effort in skills delivery
Goal to create 500 million certified and skill technicians by
2022
Invest adequately in their education and employability
As envisaged in the 11th Plan:
– Impart relevant skills to 10 million people every year ,
– Create 70 million new jobs and gain industry support for the same.
Recognizing skills needs in the context of changing
scenario,
Exploring possibilities & need for PPP and cooperation in
the area of skills development,
Addressing employability issues imperative for inclusive
growth,
Focus on quality and standardization and also quality of
faculty/trainers/instructors.
Actual state of the Art Scenario
India has the largest population of young people in the
world.
– 400 plus million work-force,
– 65 % between the age group of 15-29,(youngest
country)
– Approx. 2% of them received any formal vocational
training, (against 96% Korea; 75% Germany, 68% UK
and 80% in Japan)
– ITIs run courses only for 8th standard pass and
above,
– Between class 1 - 8th, about 50% students’ drop out.
Issues to be Addresses urgently
– Acute shortage of Skill Development Institutes
– 80% people joining work-places without any formal training
– Dis-connect between skills provided and skills required by the
industry
– Outdated training modules –unable to capture the dynamics of the
industry.
– Revision of course curricula lags behind the needs of the industry
– Outdated and inadequate machineries, tools and technology.
– Skill demands of the service, as well as the organized sector
remain largely unmet.
– number and type of courses available are quite inadequate
– Severe shortage of trained instructors combined with low instructor
training capacity in the country
– The unsatisfactory employability of trainees because of the poor
quality of training. Contd…
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The present seating capacity of ITIs is 7.5 lakhs,

Has to be increased to 10 lakh by running an

additional shift in the existing ITIs, wherever
possible.

Recognising this fact, the Prime Minister has

himself emphasized on the Key Governance
Principals
Key Governance Principles
Designing programmes for making skills bankable
Enabling Individuals to convert their knowledge
and skills, through Testing and Certification into
higher diplomas and degrees,
Promote multiple models of delivery that can
respond to the differing situations in various states,
Certification system to be instituted by the Central
and State Governments for certifying the skills of
trainees graduating from a variety of public and
private institutions.
Testing of the skills of trainees by independent
assessing bodies be encouraged.
Institutional Arrangements for Coordinated
Action
National Council for Skill Development - chaired by the
PM, to review and focus on policy directions,
National Skill Development Coordination Board
coordinated by the Planning Commission to:
– combine public and private prongs of action,
– ensure that govt. agencies intensify action in areas like:
vocational education,
technical training through industrial training institutes, and
through promotion of public-private partnerships,
National Skill Development Corporations a non-profit
company catalyzed by the Ministry of Finance to:
– promote skill development in the private sector.
Points for Discussion
State-wise implementation agenda and action plan for
skill development in the 11th Plan
State-wise policy framework and institutional
arrangements for –
– Coordinated action,
– Facilitating multiple modes of delivery,
– Promoting PPP for skill development,
– ITIs’ up-gradation
– Modular Employable Skills Scheme; and
– Promoting private investment in skill development
Revamping ITIs in the States
Preparedness of States to transfer policy initiatives into
practice and challenges in this task
Best Practices and PPP success stories - sharing
experiences in skill development.
Implementation of the PM’s recent suggestion to the Chief
Ministers of all the states.
Thank You