Lok Sabha Question No. 4823 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: Imparting Skill Development Training in the Schools and Colleges
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Bharti Pravin Pawar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4823 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2020

## IMPARTING SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING IN THE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

## 4823. DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR:

## Will the Minister of SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government has any schemes to impart Skill Development training along with the education in all the schools and colleges of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)
- whether the Government proposes to launch any new programme in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (d) Government  has  undertaken  various  initiatives  towards  integrating  skills  and education in schools and colleges of the country.  Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) 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. The scheme is being implemented in 9735 schools across 32 states/UTs with an enrolment of more than 11 lakh students.

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is supporting the University Grant Commission for three schemes namely Community College, Bachelor of Vocational course (BVOC) & Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) Kaushal  Kendras  which  are  being  introduced  in  different  colleges  and  universities.  Currently there are 531 colleges/universities under these schemes (275 BVOC colleges, 188 Community Colleges and 68 DDU Kaushal Kendra Colleges).

Further, NSDC has also collaborated with MHRD for the following:

- i. Restructuring of BVOC  by  rolling out embedded  apprenticeship under National Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS).  BVOC  has  multiple  exits  at  Certificate,  Diploma, Advance Diploma and Degree level. Through this, the employability of the general graduates is enhanced  considerably  as  the  student  can  have  professional  experience  on  the  shop-floor, along with their graduation.
- ii. Graduate students passing out from general degree courses viz BA, BSc and B. Com would be directly channelled into industry apprenticeship for a period of 6 months to one year depending on the sector chosen. Such apprenticeship would be assessed as per the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) and a certificate at the appropriate NSQF level would be given to the successful students, apart from a monthly stipend depending on the location.

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