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India harps on 'Skill India Mission' to bridge skill gap
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IANS | 13 Jan, 2023
India embarked on the 'Skill India Mission' to become self-reliant,
under which upskilling people is one of the government's key focus
areas.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
recently chaired the third meeting of the steering committee of the
National Skill Development Mission (NSDM), where he highlighted a number
of issues such as the convergence of skill development schemes, skill
gap analysis, skill mapping, connecting Indian youth to global
opportunities, developing curriculum to reflect current trends, and
creating synergy between various skill development portals.
In
2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Skill India Mission',
which was in accordance with his vision to help India become
'Atmanirbhar' (self-reliant). The initiative was aimed to create and
implement comprehensive skill development training programmes that would
help bridge the gap between industry demands and skill requirements and
therefore, develop the country at large.
The 'Skill India'
programmes comprised implementing curriculum-based skill training
courses, wherein trainees would gain certifications and endorsements
from industry-recognised learning centres. The mission also involved
incorporating skill-based learning into the school curriculum, creating
opportunities for both long- and short-term skill training and
employment.
The government is aiming to train one million youth
per annum through apprenticeship training. The training is conducted
every month since June 2022.
The NSDM was launched by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) on July 15, 2015.
The
'Skill India Mission' was launched to create convergence across various
sectors and different states in terms of activities relating to skill
training.
The objectives of the mission include:
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Implementing the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) which
will allow opportunities for long-term, as well as short-term training,
leading to productive employment and career improvement.
* Using the NSQF module to maintain a balance between the industry-employer demand.
* Providing facilities for re-skilling and up-skilling the workforce of the unorganised sectors.
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Ensuring high-quality training standards through high-quality teaching
and benchmarked institutions according to national and international
standards.
* Support weaker and disadvantaged sections of society through focused outreach programmes.
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Enabling pathways for transitioning between the vocational training
system and the formal educational system, through a credit transfer
system.
* Maintaining a national database, known as the Labour
Market Information System (LMIS), which will act as a portal for
matching the demand and supply of skilled workforce in the country.
With
India being a 'young' country due to its 75 per cent working-age
population, the development of a skilled and educated workforce will
play a significant role in enhancing its overall economy, according to
India Brand Equity Foundation.
According to the International
Labour Organisation (ILO), India is likely to face a shortage of
approximately 29 million skilled personnel by 2030. Following this,
Accenture in 2019 predicted that if India does not take timely actions -
such as investing in new technologies or building industry-required
skills-the skill deficit could cost the country $1.97 trillion in terms
of gross domestic product (GDP) over the next decade.
With the
'Skill India Mission', the government aims to develop those practical
skills, which are required by the industry and therefore, improve the
employment rate in the country.
Since implementation, the mission
has helped boost employment. According to data from the Centre for
Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), the�unemployment rate dropped to 6.5
per cent in January 2021 from 9.1 per cent in December 2020, while the
employment rate increased to 37.9 per cent in January 2021 from 36.9 per
cent in December 2020.
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