Lok Sabha Question No. 3517 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Employment Generation through NATS
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Anurag Sharma, Rebati Tripura

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3517 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## Employment Generation through NATS

## 3517. SHRI ANURAG SHARMA SHRI REBATI TRIPURA:

## Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  implementing  National  Apprenticeship  Training  Scheme (NATS);

(b) if so, the details thereof along with its aims and objectives;

(c) whether the employment opportunities have been increased after the implementation of the said scheme;

(d) if so, the details thereof along with status in 2020-21;

(e) the number of students enrolled in NATS and Internship in industries after completing their degrees and diplomas in engineering; and

(f)  the  steps  taken  or  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  that  all  the  students  take apprenticeship training?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) Yes Sir. National Apprentices Training Scheme (NATS) is implemented through Boards of Apprenticeship/Practical Training located at Mumbai, Chennai, Kanpur & Kolkata, which are autonomous organizations under the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education.

(b) The  scheme  fulfills  the  gaps  in  the  practical  training  of  fresh  graduate  engineers, diploma holders in engineering and also of the non-engineering degree students so as to make them industry/establishment ready. It further aims to improve their quality of industry/commercial exposure and develop the technical human resource for the industries and establishments.

The objectives of the National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS) are:

- (i) to promote skill development and to bridge the gaps in providing the skill to the students who  do  not  acquire  during  their  study  in  colleges  and  thus  to  make  them  more employable; and
- (ii) to  facilitate  the  employers  to  train  disciplined  and  skilled  manpower  to  meet  the required human resources in the emerging areas.
- (c) Yes Sir.

(d) & (e) As per third party evaluation of the scheme by National Institute of Labour Economics Research & Development (NILERD) conducted in 2019, an autonomous organization under NITI Aayog, the post apprenticeship  employment percentage under NATS is around 80% of total engagement. The employability percentage and details of students enrolled under NAT scheme is detailed below:

| Year    | Students enrolled   | Employment data collected   | %data collected   | % employment out of data collected   | Remarks                          |
|---------|---------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2017-18 | 1,30,260            | *                           | *                 | 67%                                  |                                  |
| 2018-19 | 1,29,459            | *                           | *                 | 79%                                  |                                  |
| 2019-20 | 1,08,843            | 74,970                      | 68.9%             | 77%                                  | Data collected from NATS Portal. |
| 2020-21 | 1,00,807            | 46,798                      | 46.4%             | 95%                                  | Data collected from NATS Portal. |

Note-  *  Assessed  by  National  Institute  of  Labour  Economics  Research  and  Development ( NILERD) an autonomous body of NITI Aayog

(f) The  scope  of  NATS  has  also  been  expanded  to  include  students  from  Humanities, Science  and  Commerce  besides  students  from  engineering  stream.  The  scheme  envisages training of about 8.57 lakhs students during next five i.e. from 01.04.2021 to 31.03.2026 for which the outlay of the scheme has also been enhanced to Rs.3,054 crores.

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