Lok Sabha Question No. 1685 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: Various National Skill Programme
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1685

ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023

## VARIOUS NATIONAL SKILL PROGRAMME

## 1685.  SHRI PATEL HASMUKHBHAI SOMABHAI :

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  any  scheme  to  develop  more  coordination between schools, higher education and various National Skill Programmes in the country;
- (b)       if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of expected amount to be spent under this programme;
- (d) the details of objectives to be set under this programme;
- (e) the details and number of States where this scheme is proposed to be implemented;
- (f) whether the Government proposes to cover Gujarat also under this scheme;
- (g) if so, the details thereof, district-wise; and
- (h) the time by which it is proposed to be implemented?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a)  to  (h)  The  National  Education  Policy  (NEP)  2020  is  an  unprecedented  reforms  in  the  area  of education  and  preparing  young  Indians  for  the  future  and  has  integrated  vocational  training  and skilling into the curriculum of schools. The Department of School Education and  Literacy (DoSEL) is implementing  an  initiative  of  vocationalization  of  School  Education  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme  Samgra  Shiksha -  throughout  the  country.  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 among students about various career options so as to enable them to make a choice in accordance with their aptitude, competency and aspirations.

Under  the  scheme,  National  Skills  Qualification  Framework  (NSQF)  compliant  vocational courses are offered to the students from class 9th to 12th in the schools covered under the scheme. At the secondary level, that is, Class 9 and 10, vocational modules are offered to the students as an additional subject. At Senior Secondary level, that is, Class 11 and 12, vocational courses are offered as a compulsory (elective) subject. Employability skill module has been made a mandatory part of the vocational  courses.  It  consists  of  communication  skills,  self  management  skills,  information  and communication technology skills, entrepreneurship skills and Green skills.

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has also given a special emphasis on vocational education  and  skill  development.  Integration  of  vocational  education  with  general  education  and mainstreaming  of  vocational  education  have  been  identified  as  the  key  reform  in  the  education system of the country. In order to fulfil various objectives of the NEP, the existing scheme of Samagra Shiksha  has  been  revamped  and  various  new  interventions  relating  to  vocational  education  have been incorporated. Some of them are as under:

1.  Coverage  of  vocational  education  has  been  expanded  to  cover  Government  aided  schools also in addition to Government Schools.
2.  Hub and Spoke Model of Vocational Education has been introduced providing for the utilization of  the  infrastructure  available  in  the  Hub  Schools  by  the  students  of  nearby  schools  (spoke schools) for vocational training.
3.  Exposure of pre-vocational education at Upper Primary level.
4.  Internships, bagless days, etc. have been included under innovation component of Samagra Shiksha.

Under  the  Scheme,  a  module  on  entrepreneurship  development  has  been  made  a  core component  of  vocational  education  programme  from  Grades  9  to  12  for  nurturing  innovation  and creativity among  the students. The module has been oriented towards the development of creative and innovative skills among the students so that they can apply new knowledge to the existing work and  create  new  ideas  and  values.  Budgetary  allocation  for  Samagra  Shiksha  for  2023-24  is  Rs. 37,453 crore.

The Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) in coordination with Ministry of Education  organized  Skill  network,  School  network  and  Higher  Education  network  into  Skill  Hubs Initiative  (SHI)  as  a  pilot  project  under  PMKVY  3.0  with  a  focus  on  introduction  of  skill  training programme in education ecosystem as envisioned in NEP. Under PMKVY 3.0, an amount of Rs. 700 crore was earmarked separately for SHI. As on 31.12.2022, 1,957 SHI have been established across the  country,  which  includes    86    SHIs  in  the  State  of  Gujarat.  The  district  wise  details  of  SHI  and candidates trained in the State of Gujarat are given at Annexure .

Further,  taking  the  vision  of  NEP,  Government  of  India  has  developed  National  Credit Framework (NCF) to enable integration of academic and vocational domains to ensure flexibility and mobility between the two.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1685 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023 REGARDING 'VARIOUS NATIONAL SKILL PROGRAMME'

## The district wise details SHI and candidates trained in the State of Gujarat as on 31.12.2022

| S. No.   | District        |   No. of Centres | Training Trained Candidates   |
|----------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1.       | Ahmadabad       |                5 | 475                           |
| 2.       | Amreli          |                2 | 72                            |
| 3.       | Anand           |                2 | 230                           |
| 4.       | Arvalli         |                1 | 20                            |
| 5.       | Banas Kantha    |                3 | 102                           |
| 6.       | Bharuch         |                4 | 319                           |
| 7.       | Botad           |                2 | 147                           |
| 8.       | Chhota Udaipur  |                1 | 240                           |
| 9.       | Dang            |                4 | 134                           |
| 10.      | Devbhumi Dwarka |                1 | 8                             |
| 11.      | Dahod           |                1 | 120                           |
| 12.      | Gandhinagar     |                2 | 400                           |
| 13.      | Jamnagar        |                3 | 286                           |
| 14.      | Junagadh        |                2 | 394                           |
| 15.      | Kachchh         |                3 | 409                           |
| 16.      | Kheda           |                1 | 19                            |
| 17.      | Mahesana        |                3 | 50                            |
| 18.      | Mahisagar       |                1 | 111                           |
| 19.      | Morbi           |                1 | 20                            |
| 20.      | Narmada         |                2 | 230                           |
| 21.      | Navsari         |                2 | 268                           |
| 22.      | Panch Mahals    |                2 | 240                           |
| 23.      | Patan           |                6 | 137                           |
| 24.      | Porbandar       |                2 | 32                            |
| 25.      | Rajkot          |                5 | 98                            |
| 26.      | Sabar Kantha    |                3 | 54                            |
| 27.      | Surat           |                7 | 446                           |
| 28.      | Tapi            |                3 | 236                           |
| 29.      | Vadodara        |                7 | 170                           |
| 30.      | Valsad          |                5 | 243                           |
|          | Total           |               86 | 5,710                         |

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