Lok Sabha Question No. 3311 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Public and Private Partnership
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Thalikkottai Rajuthevar Baalu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3311 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2021

## PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

## 3311. SHRI T.R. BAALU

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

(a) whether the Government is aware that the public and private partnership can help to  bring  a  major  shift  in  skilling/reskilling  programmes  in  tandem  with  the  Government skilling programmes; and

- (b) if  so,  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  keeping  in  view  the  fact  that  the  two Ministries i.e, the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Skill Development  and Entrepreneurship  should  work  together  to  come  up  with  a  new  curriculum  and  skilling programmes as per the  industry  standards  as  the  dream  of  achieving  a  self-reliant  $5 trillion  economy  is  completely  dependent  upon  the  education  and  the  skill  level  of  its citizens?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Public Private Partnership play an important role in the skilling and employment.

(b) The  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  is  implementing  its flagship  scheme  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  VikasYojana  (PMKVY)  through  National  Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) which had been set up as a Public Private Partnership initiative. The Ministry, through the NSDC, has taken up multiple initiatives to connect with industries for partnership under the Skill India Mission. There are 2188 Training Partners participating in the skill initiatives of the NSDC and all of them are private enterprises. 36 Sector  Skill  Councils  (SSCs)  have  been  set  up  as  Industry  led  bodies  which  help  in training  need  analysis,  curriculum  development,  rolling  out  of  training  and  assessment and certification.

In addition, Directorate General of Training, MSDE has also signed Memorandum of  Understanding  (MoU)  with  National  Association  of  Software  Services  Companies (NASSCOM), IBM India Pvt. Ltd and SAP India Private Limited for conducting courses under CSR initiative of these private companies.

(c) The  National  Education  Policy  (NEP)  2020  emphasizes  integration  between vocational  and  academic  streams  in  all  schools  and  higher  education  institutions  in  a phased manner. As per the said policy, vocational education will start in school from the 6th grade and will include internship. The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in collaboration with Ministry of Education has already initiated a pilot project on Hub and Spoke model.  In Hub and Spoke model, Industrial Training Institutes

(ITI)/  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Kendras  (PMKK)  will  be  leveraged  as  hub  of  vocational education  and  training  (VET);  schools  will  access  the  skill  training  from  this  hub  as individual spokes. With this synergy, the school students would be exposed to the wide range of possibilities available in the world of work in their respective fields and learn on latest technologies available in the ITIs. The project aims to ensure that every young adult in  6  to  19  years  of  age  cohort  completes  either  12  year  of  schooling  with  at  least  one certification of level 2 to 4 National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) certificate or 10 years of schooling & certification with 2 years of ITI programme. Currently, the Program is envisaged in 4 States viz; (i) Chhattisgarh (ii) Madhya Pradesh (iii) Odisha and (iv) West Bengal. These State Governments have identified 2 districts and a hub ITI in each district in  their  respective  States.  Mapping  of  spoke  schools  is  being  done  by  the  State Governments concerned.

Further,  under  the  aegis  of  the  MSDE,  NSDC  and  its  SSCs  are  facilitating  the 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,  as  on  2020-21.  Under  this  initiative,  more  than  13  Lakh+ students are reportedly (by Ministry of Education) enrolled in 2020-21 academic year.

In addition, Ministry through NSDC is supporting University Grant Commission for three  schemes  namely  Community  College,  Bachelor  of  Vocational  course  (BVOC) &DeenDayal  Upadhyaya  Kaushal  Kendras  (DDUKK)  which  are  being  introduced  in different  colleges  and  universities.  Sector  Skill  Councils  are  supporting  the  colleges/ universities  to  align  their  curriculum  as  per  the  NSQF  approved  Qualification  pack  and conduct the Skill Component assessment and certification.

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