Lok Sabha Question No. 452 (STARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Awareness on Skill Development Mission
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Girish Chandra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 452 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022

## AWARENESS ON SKILL DEVELOPMENT MISSION

## *452.   SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is planning to bring in any communication mechanism to be  adopted  at  various levels to create awareness  about  the  need  for  skill development at local, State, district and village levels;
- (b) whether the Government is considering to adopt State Skill Development Mission at State level to organise advertisements/campaigns  in local language  through electronic and print media;
- (c) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  at  school  level  to  create awareness about vocational education, apprenticeship, etc.; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  entered  into  any  partnership  with  any  of  the international agencies for vocational training opportunities and if so, details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (D) OF LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *452  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  04.04.2022  ASKED  BY SHRI  GIRISH  CHANDRA  REGARDING  AWARENESS  ON  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT MISSION

- (a) The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has undertaken various  awareness  campaigns,  workshops,  digital  seminars  from  time  to  time  at national,  regional,  state,  district  and  block  level  with  the  support  of  more  than  25000 plus  skill centers and institutes for promotion of various skill development initiatives of the Government. Besides, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), Sector Skill Councils (SSCs), State Governments, State Skill Development Missionsand District Skill Committees also undertake awareness campaigns through Public Information Bureau (PIB),  and  Print  and  Electronic  media  including  social  media  under  the  aegis  of  Skill India Mission. All these initiatives aim to make skills aspirational for youth.
- (b) Central Government in partnership with State Governments promotes skilling and entrepreneurship  to  develop  the  required  training  and  skilling  programs  for  youth.  At States level, States are encouraged to create State Skill Development Missions (SSDM) along the lines of National Skill Development  Mission and  duly supported by DistrictsCommittees at the functional tier.All implementation agencies are empowered to leverage wide network of media including the PIB, All India Radio, Doordarshanetc as well as other media.
- (c) The National Education  Policy  (NEP)  2020  envisages  curriculum  integration  of essential subjects and skills in all schools and higher education institutions in a phased manner  to  provide  necessary  vocational  skills  for  variety  of  occupations  along  with awareness about the benefits of vocational education.

The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  (Ministry  of  Education)  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 aims at integrating Vocational Education with general academic  education in all Secondary/Senior Secondary  schools; enhancing the Employability and Entrepreneurial abilities of the students, providing exposure to work environment; and generating awareness amongst students about various career options so as to enable them to make a choice in accordance with their aptitude, competence and  aspirations.  The  scheme  covers  Government  and  Government  aided  schools. Under the Scheme, 14,435 schools have been approved across the country forintegrating vocational education in general education from class 9 th to 12 th .

Further, MSDE in co-ordination with Ministry of Education (MoE) has launched the Skill Hubs Initiative (SHI) as a pilot on 01.01.2022 under central component of PMKVY 3.0 which focuses on introduction of skill training programme in the education ecosystem as envisioned  in  the  National  Education  Policy,  2020  (NEP,  2020).  Skill  Hubs  are  nodal skill centres identified to provide skill development and vocational training opportunities to target population segments from class 6 th to 8 th (introduction to world-of-work through orientation, industry visits, bag-less days), Class 9 th to 12 th (aimed at exposing students to  skill  development  avenues),  school  dropouts,  and  out-of-education  (aimed  for academic credit, mainstreaming back to education and or apprenticeship and employment linkages).As on 23.03.2022, a total target of around 9.3 lakh students has been earmarked under SHI out of which, 1.56 lakh candidates have been enrolled so far.

(d) The  National  Skill  Development  Corporation  under  the  Ministry  has  signed Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MOUs)  with  8  countries  viz;  Japan,  UAE,  Sweden, Saudi  Arabia,  Australia,  Russia,  Finland  and  Morocco  for  cooperation  in  the  field  of vocational  education  and  training.  NSDC  has  partnered  with  the  Finnish  National Agency  for  Education  (EDUFI),  Finland  to  promote  and  facilitate  the  exchange  of knowledge  of  new  innovations  and  connect  the  providers within the vocational education and training sector between the two countries.

The  Government  of  India  and  the  Government  of  Japan  have  signed  a Memorandum  of  Cooperation  (MoC)  in  January,  2021  on  a  basic  framework  for partnership for proper operation of the system pertaining to 'Specified Skilled Worker'. Under  this  MoC,  skilled  Indian  workers  from  fourteen  sectors  viz;  (1)  Nursing  care (Caregiving), (2) Building cleaning management, (3) Machine parts & tooling industries, (4) Industrial machinery industry, (5) Electric, electronics and information industries, (6) Construction  industry,  (7)  Shipbuilding  and  ship  machinery  industry,  (8)  Automobile repair  and  maintenance,  (9)  Aviation  industry,  (10)  Accommodation  industry,  (11) Agriculture, (12) Fishery & aquaculture, (13) Manufacture of food and beverages, and (14) Foodservice industry have been identified for enhanced job opportunities for skilled Indian workers in Japan.

Further,  MSDE  and  the  Ministry  of  Justice,  the  Ministry  of  Foreign  Affairs,  and  the Ministry  of  Health,  Labour  and  Welfare  of  Japan  (Government  of  Japan)  have  also signed  an  MoC  inviting  candidates  from  India  to  Japan  under  the  Technical  Intern Training  Program  (TITP).It  aims  to  transform  India's  skill  ecosystem  by  sending  and accepting  technical  interns  from  India  to  Japan,  thereby  enabling  Indian  industries  to imbibe the best practices of Japanese industries.

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