Lok Sabha Question No. 3425 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-15
Subject: Skill Development in Primary and Secondary Education
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3425 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.07.2019

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

## †3425. SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to include Skill Development in Primary and Secondary Education;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to include it at inter-college and college level also;
- (d) if so, the names of Skills Development to be included along with their districtwise list in Rajasthan;
- (e) the steps taken by the Government for Skill Development in Rajasthan; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) The  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  in collaboration with Ministry of  Human  Resource Development (MHRD) has taken a number of initiatives towards integrating skills and education. Under the scheme of Vocationalisation of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, vocational education is provided to a large number of students in selected schools. Under this initiative,  9623  schools  have  been  sanctioned  across  the  country  for  integrating vocational  education  in  general  education  from  secondary  class  onwards.  Out  of which, 905 schools are in the state of Rajasthan.
- (c) & (d) MSDE  through  National  Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  is supporting  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). Out of which, there is only one institution named Central University of Rajasthan, running

DDU Kaushal Kendra. Further, Academic Equivalence  with 10th and 12th classes has  been  provided  to  ITI  Students  through  National  Institute  of  Open  Schooling (NIOS)  by  means  of  credit  transfer.    NSDC  has  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  in  the  academic  year  2018-2019  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.

(e) & (f) Under  Skill  India  Mission,  the  Government  is  implementing  various schemes for  imparting  employable  skills  to  the  youth  through  short  term  and  long term  training.  MSDE  is  implementing  a  flagship  scheme  'Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal Vikas Yojana' (PMKVY) to provide short term training to the youth across the country including Rajasthan. As on 12.06.2019, a total of 52.12 lakh candidates have been trained  under  PMKVY,  of  which  4.18  lakh  candidates  are  trained  in  Rajasthan.  In addition,  Ministry  has  also  taken  initiative  to  set  up  Model  Skill  Centres  called Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (PMKKs) in districts across the country. Out of the 610 PMKKs, 33 are in Rajasthan.

Long  term  training  is  provided  through  Industrial  Training  Institutes  (ITIs). There are 14494 ITIs with a seating capacity of 33.98 lakh; out of which 1806 ITIs are in Rajasthan with a seating capacity of 3.57 lakh.

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