Lok Sabha Question No. 3556 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Vocational Training in Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy, Geetha Viswanath Vanga

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3556 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2020

## Vocational Training in Schools

## 3556.   SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY: SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  steps  being  taken  to  focus  on  skill-based  education  from  primary educational level which require large investments through higher productivity  and  employability  of  the  young  people  on  the  lines  of  Japan, Germany and other  countries by initiating  vocational  training  at  the  school level  to  make  young  people  employment-ready  and  also  to  boost  India's competitiveness; and
- (b) whether the country is producing fewer skilled workers than required and if so, the details thereof and corrective steps being taken in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) : Department of School Education and Literacy is implementing the scheme of Vocationalisation of School Education under the umbrella of 'Samagra Shiksha - an integrated scheme for school education', a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. The scheme seeks to integrate vocational education with general academic education with an aim to  prepare  educated,  employable  and  competitive  human  resource  for  various sectors of the economy.

Vocational courses are taught to the students of class 9th to 12th who opt for vocational subject in the schools covered under the scheme. At the secondary level i.e. class 9th and 10th, vocational modules are offered as an additional subject. At Sr. Secondary level, i.e. class XI and XII, vocational modules are offered as a compulsory (elective)  subject.  Employability Skills module has been made a mandatory part of vocational  courses.  It  consists  of  Communication  Skills,  Self-management  Skills, Information  and  Communication  Technology  Skills,  Entrepreneurship  Skills  and Green Skills. There is a provision for arranging hands on training, field visits, on the job  training  to  students  in  industrial  set  up  and  guest  lectures  from  industry.  The scheme  is  being  implemented  in  9735  schools  across  32  states/UTs  with  an

enrolment of more than 11 lakh students. (b): Government of India has been implementing a number of skill development schemes/programmes  across  22  Central  Ministries/Departments  for  providing  a variety of skill development training on pan India basis known as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY 2.0) 2016-20 with an objective to provide skilling to one  crore  people  under  Short  Term  Training  (STT),  Recognition  of  Prior  Learning (RPL) and Special Project (SP) over four years (2016-2020). As on 17.01.2020, under the scheme PMKVY 2.0, 73.47 lakh candidates have been trained, out of which 16.61 lakh candidates have been placed. In  addition,  Long  term  training  courses  are  offered  under  the  Craftsmen Training  Scheme  (CTS)  through  a  network  of  15,510  Industrial  Training  Institutes (ITIs)  located  all  over  the  country.  Under  the  CTS  scheme,  38.74  lakh  candidates have been trained.

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"PUC" is a printed version of Lok Sabha Question No.3556 for 16.03.2020 asked by Shri  Kotha  Prabhakar  Reddy  and  Shrimati  Vanga  Geetha  Vishwanth.  The question is regarding  the Vocational Training in Schools. The text of question is as under:-

- (a) the  steps  being  taken  to  focus  on  skill-based  education  from  primary educational level which require large investments through higher productivity  and  employability  of  the  young  people  on  the  lines  of  Japan, Germany and other  countries by initiating  vocational  training  at  the  school level  to  make  young  people  employment-ready  and  also  to  boost  India's

competitiveness; and

- (b) whether the country is producing fewer skilled workers than required and if so, the details thereof and corrective steps being taken in this regard?
2. Based  on  the  information  available    inputs  provided  by  Ministry  of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE)