Lok Sabha Question No. 289 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-12
Subject: Free Compulsory Skill Training Facilities
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Vijay Kumar Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 289

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.07.2019

## FREE COMPULSORY SKILL TRAINING FACILITIES

289. SHRI MANOJ TIWARI: SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT to be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to provide free compulsory skill training facilities to all the girls upto class 12 th  from the rural and semi-urban areas of the country, specially in Delhi/NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and North East;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the details of professional courses approved by the Government upto class 12 th  to increase the employability of girls?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) to (d):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  to  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question No.289 for 12.07.2019 by Shri Manoj Tiwari  and Shri Vijay Kumar Dubey regarding 'Free Compulsory Skill Training Facilities'

- (a) to  (d):  The  Government  is  implementing  the  scheme  'Vocationalisation  of  School Education'  under  the  umbrella  'SamagraShiksha'  -  an  integrated  scheme  for  school education'.  The  scheme  is  being  implemented  by  Deptt.  of  School  Education  and Literacy,  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  in  association  with  NSDC  under Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship.  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 and the global  market.  Under  Vocational  Education  component  of  'Samagra  Shiksha',  National Skill  Qualification  Framework  (NSQF)  compliant  vocational  courses  are  taught  to  the students from class IX th   to  XII th .  At  the  secondary  level  i.e.  class  IX  and  X,  vocational modules are offered to the students as an additional subject. At Senior Secondary level, i.e. class XI and XII, vocational courses are offered as a compulsory (elective) subject. However, atpresent, there is no proposal to provide compulsory skill training to all  the girls upto Class XII, besides the above scheme 'Vocationalisation of School Education'.

Till the year 2018-19, 9623 schools have been approved under the scheme out of  which  the  scheme  has  so  far  been  implemented  in  8654  schools  with  reported enrolment of about 9.95 lakh students. At present, the scheme covers 55 job roles in 19 sectors  i.e.  Agriculture,  Apparel  Made  Ups  &  Home  Furnishing,  Automotive,  Banking Finance and Insurance Services (BFSI), Beauty and Wellness, Construction, Electronics & Hardware,  Healthcare, Information Technology/ Information  Technology  Enabled Services  (IT/ITeS),  Media  &  Entertainment,  Multi  Skilling,  Physical  Education  &  Sports, Plumber, Power Retail, Security, Telecom, Tourism & Hospitality, Transportation Logistics & Warehousing.

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