EMN
Dimapur, March 18
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy has said that National Skill Development Corporation is working with 15 state governments, including Nagaland, for the implementation of skill and centrally sponsored vocational training programs in their states through funded Sector Skill Councils.
The minister gave the information in the Lok Sabha on March 16. Rajiv Pratap Rudy said that the initiatives benefit the students including SC/ST students at school and college levels and have outreach to the SC/ST areas as well.
He said that the government has taken several steps to link skill development with education at secondary school and college level. At the secondary school level, he said, skill development is being provided under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Vocational training (CSSV), through the National Skill Development Corporation and Sector Skill Councils, in secondary education (from classes 9 to 12), under the National Skills Qualification Framework.
Rudy said that It aims to promote a nationally integrated education and competency based skill framework which provides for multiple pathways both between general and vocational education. The CSSV is owned by the ministry of Human Resource Development and jointly funded by them (75%) and participating state government (25%).
As of March 2016, he said, the National Skill Development Corporation has been working with 15 state governments. They are Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Telengana, Delhi Uttrakhand, West Bengal, Assam and Rajasthan for implementation of the scheme in their states through its approved and funded Sector Skill Councils.
The scheme is currently covering over 3000 schools and benefiting approximately 2.25 Lakh school students including SC/ST students from classes 9 to 12.
At the college level, the minister said, skill development is being provided through three Ministry of Human Resource and Development schemes under the UGC: Community Colleges, B. Voc., and Kaushal Kendras. All three schemes leverage the institutional mechanism for industry-interface under MSDE. The assessment and certification of skill competence for these schemes are to take place through the industry led Sector Skill Councils (SSCs). Assessment is also aligned with the National Occupational Standards (NOS) and then Qualification Packs (QPs) developed by SSCs.
Further, the minister said, through the National Skill Development Corporation, the ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has initiated programmes in higher education Institutions to integrate delivery of outcome based skill development training into mainstream 2nd and 3rd year curriculum of existing undergraduate level programmes.
