Lok Sabha Question No. 1006 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Skill Development in Delhi
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Parvesh Sahib Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO . 1006 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 . 07 . 2021

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN DELHI

## 1006 . SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH VERMA :

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

- ( a ) whether  the  Skill  Development  Mission  in  India  is  in  convergence  with  Education curriculum in schools and colleges and if so, the details thereof;
- ( b ) the steps taken by the government to link educational institutions and industry to ensure demand supply balance with regard to skills development in youth; and
- ( c ) 0the  total  number  of  candidates  that  have  received  skills  in  Delhi  as  a  part  of  Skill Development Mission since its inception?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ( SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN )

( a ) The National Skill Development Mission (NSDM) was launched by the Hon'ble Prime Minister  on  15.07.2015  to  create  convergence  across  sectors  and  States  in  terms  of  skill training activities and for skilling at scale with speed and standards. As a corollary, the National Education  Policy  (NEP)  2020  which  was  launched  on  29th  July  2020,  envisages  that  the school curricula and pedagogy will aim for holistic development of learners by equipping them with  the  key  21st  century  skills  and  reduction  in  curricular  content  to  enhance  essential learning  and  critical  thinking.  The  policy  emphasises  integration  between  vocational  and academic streams in all schools and higher education Institutions in a phased manner. As per the  policy,  vocational  education  will  start  in  school  from  the  6th  grade  and  will  include internship. The Ministry of Education has been implementing the Samagra Shiksha Scheme which supports States for strengthening Government schools and for creation and augmentation  of  infrastructure  facilities  based  on  the  gap  determined  by  Unified  District Information System for Education (UDISE) and proposals received from the respective State / UT. MSDE is also focusing on using its infrastructure for skill training in schools.

- (b) The Ministry of Skill  Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) in collaboration with Ministry  of  Education  (MoE)  has  taken  a  number  of  initiatives  towards  integrating  skills  and education.  Under  aegis  of  MSDE,  National  Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  and  its Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) are facilitating Ministry of Education for the implementation of the Samagra Shiksha scheme in 12,332 schools across 31 States and Union Territories (UTs)*, offering  125  job  role-aligned  courses  across  21  Sectors.  Under  this  initiative,  more  than  13 Lakh+ students have been reported to be enrolled in 2020-21 academic year.  Further, in order to integrate Vocational Education with regular education, Government in Budget 2020-21 has proposed  to  integrate  apprenticeship  embedded  degree  programmes  to  give  impetus  to vocational  training.  Accordingly,  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC)  has  already  issued Apprenticeship/Internship embedded degree programme guidelines on 7th August, 2020 under which  a  student  can  opt  for  Vocational  hands-on-training  in  commercial/industrial  set  up wherein  training  done  will  be  counted  in  credits  for  the  purpose  of  graduate  degree programme.
- (c) the  total  number  of  candidates  that  have  received  skills  in  Delhi  as  a  part  of  Skill Development Mission since its inception in various schemes of MSDE are as follows :

| PMKVY ( no . of candidates trained / oriented ) -   | 4,81,776   |
|-----------------------------------------------------|------------|
| JSS ( no . of candidates trained                    | 26,584     |
| NAPS ( no . of candidates trained )                 | 18435      |
| DGT (no. of candidates enrolled)                    | 60,101     |
| Total                                               | 5,86,896   |

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