Government launched a National Skill Development Mission in the Eleventh Five Year
Plan with a following three tier structure:
(i)Prime Minister’s National
Council on Skill Development under the chairmanship of Hon’ble
Prime Minister, for policy direction and review of skill development efforts in
the country.
(ii) National Skill Development Coordination Board (NSDCB)
under the chairmanship of Deputy Chairman Planning Commission to enumerate
strategies to implement the decisions of PM’s council.
(iii)
National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), a not- for-profit company
under the Companies Act, 1956. The
corporation is being funded by the trust “National Skill Development Fund” to
which the Government has contributed a sum of Rs.1495.10 crore.
So far, four meetings of the PM’s Council
have been held to review the skill development efforts under the mission
Seven meetings of the NSDCB have been held
in which reports of following 5
working Groups set up by the Planning Commission on various aspects of skill
development have been discussed and various other decisions taken:
·
Remodeling India’s apprenticeship scheme,
·
Vision for Vocational Education and Vocational Training,
·
Improvement in Accreditation and Certification Systems,
·
Reorienting Curriculum on continuous basis, and
·
Establishing institutional mechanism for providing access to information
of skill inventory and skill map on real time basis
Till 29th February,
2012 NSDC has approved 52 proposals involving a total financial commitment of
about Rs. 1214 crore. Out of this, Rs. 179.36 crore have been disbursed. Number
of persons actually trained so far is 104712.
The composition of the PM’s National Skill Development
Council is given at Annex and functions
are as under :
i.
Lay down overall broad Policy objectives,
strategies, financing and
governance models to promote skill development ;
ii.
Review
progress of activities relating to skill development periodically and
provide mid-course corrections,
including changes in part or whole of current schemes under implementation;
iii.
Orchestrate Public Sector/Private Sector initiatives
in a framework of a collaborative action
Following
major decisions have been taken by the council for developing skills among India’s youth and for labourers in various
parts of the country:
i)
Formulation of vision,
strategy and core operating principles to guide the action for creating 500
million skilled persons by year 2022.
ii)
Clearance of the National Policy on Skill Development which provides a road map
for Skill development efforts in the country.
All the major schemes of Skill Development are
implemented through active participation of
respective Departments of State
Governments. Non-
Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are also
being involved to run skill development
programmes of Government Departments / Ministries.
State–wise
status of skill requirement and availability in major sectors is not available.
However,National Policy on
Skill Development has indicated requirement of 81-83 million skilled workforce
by 2015 in sectors namely Auto, Construction, Retail, Healthcare, Banking &
Financial services, Creative Industry and Logistics. Policy has also indicated
incremental human resource requirement till 2022 as 300 million in sectors,
namely, Mines and Minerals, construction, Engineering, Banking and Finance,
Drugs and Pharma, Biotech, Healthcare, Textiles, IT
and ITIs, Tourism, Agro and Food Processing, Paper and Chemical &
Fertilizers.
This information was given by Minister of
Labour and Employment Shri Mallikarjun Kharge in reply in
reply to a written question
regarding the details and status of the Skill Development Mission
undertaken by the Government during the Eleventh Plan alongwith
the amount spent on this Mission so far; whether the Government has formed a
National Skill Development Council to form core strategies for developing
skills among India’s youth and for labourers in various parts of the country; if
so, the details of the council thereof alongwith the
different strategies of the council with regard to train such people; the
involvement of State Government and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in
such programme; and the present State–wise status of skill requirement and
availability in major sectors.
