Lok Sabha Question No. 3488 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Enrollment of Students in Vocational Education
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Sanjay Bhatia, Nayab Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3488 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

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## 3488. SHRI SANJAY BHATIA: SHRI NAYAB SINGH:

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

(a)       whether keeping in view the huge demand of skilled labourers, present infrastructure facilities available in educational institutions across the country are insufficient and trained and  highly  skilled  trainers  are  not  available  and  there  is  a  need  for  inspired  and  skilled faculty to fulfill high responsibilities;

- (b)        whether  outlook  of  the  people  engaged  in  skill  development  is  still  traditional  and whether  enrolment  of  students  in  vocational  education  and  training  has  become  very challenging;
- (c)        if so, the details thereof;

(d)       whether any model of education need large scale support from various stake holders to become successful and since procurement from corporate sector is limited, the progress of such initiative is slow; and

- (e)       if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a)        Under  Skill  India  Mission,  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  is implementing  various  programmes/schemes  through  skill  development  training  centres  to meet the demand of skilled manpower. The major programmes/schemes include Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Shikshan Sansthans (JSSs), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme, training through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (PMKKs) and Training Centres.  Presently, under PMKVY, JSS and ITIs, a total of about 2.24 crore candidates have been enrolled through its network of 16,502 skill development training centres across the country to meet the requirements of skilled manpower.

Further, the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education is implementing  the  scheme  of  Vocationalisation  of  School  Education  under  the  Centrally Sponsored Scheme of 'Samagra Shiksha' - an integrated scheme for school education. The scheme  aims  at  integrating  Vocational  Education  with  general  academic  education  in  all Secondary/Senior  Secondary  schools.  The  scheme  presently  covers  Government  and

Government  aided  schools.   In  order  to  set  up  vocational  infrastructure,  the  scheme provides for setting up of vocational labs in schools with the tools and equipments required to  impart  vocational  skills.  In  order  to  increase  the  coverage  of  vocational  education  in schools,  provision  for  Hub  and  Spoke  model  has  been  introduced. This  model  envisages utilisation  of  the  vocational  infrastructure  available  in  the  Hub  schools  for  providing vocational education to students of nearby spoke schools. Capacity building of Vocational teachers/trainers is done through various induction and in-service training programmes.

- (b)       The outlook of the people engaged in skill development has been conventional, but it is  changing  with  the  effective  implementation  of  the  vocational  education  and  training  in various  institutions.  Efforts  have  been  made  to  increase  the  enrollment  by  integrating vocational education with general education, arranging hands on training, field visits, on the job training for students in industrial set up and guest lecturers from industry.

With Digital courses and Blended Models of learning, it has become possible to scale up many courses. ITI courses and PMKVY courses, as well as Skills Courses run by other Ministries,  State  Governments  and  Corporates  are  seeing  good  enrollments  in  such offerings.

- (c)        Above reply (b) may be referred to.

(d) In school vocational education programme,  provisions  have  been  made  for conducting  field  visits  and  on-the-job  training  in  association  with  industries  and  agencies (such  as  National  Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC),  Sector  Skill  Councils  (SSCs), etc.) so as to ensure hands-on learning by the students. Vocational pass outs can opt for apprenticeship training or opt for higher education.

Presently,  the  reported  enrollment  in  vocational  education  has  increased  to  15.63 lakh from 1.8 lakh in 2015-16. Further, till March 2021, 12,813 schools have been approved under the Samagra Shiksha scheme, out of which the scheme has so far been implemented in  11,710  schools.   For  the  year  2021-22,  1,622  new  schools  have  been  approved  for vocational education under Samagra Shiksha taking the total number of schools approved for implementing the scheme to 14,435 schools.

Corporate  sector  is  collaborating  in  big  way  in  Skills  courses  by  CSR  funding  of workshops in many ITIs, in engaging Apprentices, and collaborating in many PMKVY and Sankalp special projects.

- (e)         Above reply (d) may be referred to.

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