SME Times News Bureau | 06 Dec, 2021
Under Skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) focuses on inclusive skill development,
with the objective of increased women participation for better economic
productivity.
This information was given by the Minister of State
for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a
written reply in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
The Ministry through its various schemes viz.
PradhanMantriKaushalVikasYojana (PMKVY), National Apprenticeship Promotion
Scheme (NAPS), Jan ShikshanSansthan (JSS), Craftsmanship Training Scheme (CTS)
and Craft Instructor Training Scheme (CITS) provide skill development training
to all sections of people including women. In order to increase the
participation of woman under PMKVY, conveyance cost and boarding and lodging
facilities are being provided.
The Directorate General of Training (DGT) of MSDE,
under its Craftsmanship Training Scheme (CTS), has imparted long-term
vocational training through a network of 14,604 Industrial Training Institutes
(ITIs).
Government has made a provision of 30% reservation
of seats for women candidates all over the country in Industrial Training
Institutes (ITIs) and Industrial Training Centers (ITCs) for promoting women
participation in skill training encouraging them through enrolling in various
Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in various trades under Craftsman
Training Scheme (CTS) all over the country.
The Government has in place the policy to develop
the teaching process in the way of training of trainer’s development programme
under Craft Instructor Training Scheme (CITS) and conducts the programme in 19
National Skill Training Institutes (Women) exclusively for women in 15 states
/UTs of India.
The JSS Division, MSDE is administering the Scheme
of support to Jan ShikshanSansthans (NGOs) for Skill Development.
The mandate of this scheme is to provide skill
training to the non-literate, neo-literates, persons with rudimentary level of
education up-to 8th and school dropouts up to 12th
standard in the age group of 14-45 years.
The priority groups are women, SC, ST, minority and
other backward section of the society.
Third-party evaluation study report (year 2020-21)
has shown that this scheme is very effective for empowerment of women.
The report says “Women representation has been
recognized as 79 percent against the male (21 percent). The scheme is women
dominated and catering to the mandated target group.
