Lok Sabha Question No. 2296 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-05
Subject: Skilling of Youth and NSQF
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Smt. Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Smt. Smita Uday Wagh, Shri Janardan Mishra, Smt. Aparajita Sarangi, Shri Gopal Jee Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2296

ANSWERED ON 05.08.2024

## SKILLING OF YOUTH AND NSQF

2296. SMT. KAMALJEET SEHRAWAT:

SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH:

SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA:

SMT. APARAJITA SARANGI:

SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR:

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

- (a) the details and salient features of the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) and the major schemes/programmes of the Government for imparting vocational education/training to the youths for their skill development in the country;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government in this direction so far;
- (c) the  steps taken by the Government to impart vocational training to the youths for their skill development during the last five years in Darbhanga district in Bihar State;
- (d) the details of the last five years in this regard; and
- (e) the steps taken/likely to be taken by the Government to monitor the training institutes to ensure their proper functioning?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) & (b): Government of India launched the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) in December  2013  and  was  rationalised  and  notified  in  June,  2023.  NSQF  is  an  outcome  and competency-based framework which organizes qualifications according to a series of levels of knowledge, skills, aptitude, and responsibility levels defined in terms of learning outcomes which the learner must acquire through formal, non-formal or informal learning which may comprise of academics, vocational education, training & skilling and experiential learning including relevant experience and proficiency/ professional levels acquired, subject to assessment. The NSQF is segregated  from  Level  1  to  8,  each  level  represents  a  different  level  of  skills,  complexity, knowledge, responsibility and autonomy.  Key features of NSQF are as under:

- i. Provide for integrating and creditizing vocational education, training and skill learning in various  dimensions  of  academics,  skilling  and  experiential  learning  including  relevant experience and proficiency/ professional levels acquired, subject to assessment;
- ii. Clearly prescribe the desired competency levels in terms of knowledge, skills, aptitude, responsibility and learning outcomes expected after undergoing the course/ qualification while assigning a pre-defined NSQF/ NCrF level;
- iii. Facilitate assigning of credit levels across vocational education/ skilling including that in school  and  higher  education,  based  on  the  cumulative  numbers  of  hours/  years  of learning;
- iv. Establish academic equivalence between vocational & general education while enabling mobility within & between them;
- v. Enable multi-disciplinarity, multiple entry-multiple exit (ME-ME) and progression pathways within  and between school education, higher education, technical education, vocational education, training & skilling, and the job markets;
- vi. Provide flexibility  for  students/  learners  to  choose  their  learning  trajectories  and  career choices, including option for mid-way course correction
- vii. Recognize  learning  through  close  partnership  with  industry  and  employers  through internships apprenticeships and on the job training across all sectors;
- viii. Provide for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) through a credible assessment process;
- ix. NSQF enables and promotes lifelong learning and skill development.

Under the Govt of India's Skill India Mission (SIM), the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  delivers  skill,  re-skill  and  up-skill  training  through  an  extensive network  of  skill  development  centres/colleges/institutes  etc.  under  various  schemes,  viz. Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  Jan  Sikhshan  Sansthan  (JSS),  National Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)  and  Craftsman  Training  Scheme  (CTS)  through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), to all the sections of the society, including youth,  across the country.

- (c) & (d) Details of number of candidates trained under above schemes of MSDE in Darbhanga district of State of Bihar during last five years up to 2023-24 are as under:
- (e)   To  ensure  the  proper  function  of  the  training  institutes,  the  steps/measures  taken  by  the Ministry for monitoring are:
- i. Ministry has leveraged the use of technology through a specially designed web portal, Skill  India  Digital  Hub  (SIDH)  which  aims  to  bring  transparency  and  accountability, providing quality and timely information to all the stakeholders of the Skill Ecosystem.
- ii. Under  PMKVY,  empanelled  training  centres  are  being  monitored  through  self-audit reporting,  call  validations,  surprise  visits  and  monitoring  through  the  Skill  India  Digital (SID),  Skill  Management  and  Accreditation  of  Training  Centres  (SMART),  Aadhaar Enabled  Biometric  Attendance  System  (AEBAS),  etc.  PMKVY  Monitoring  Committee

|   PMKVY |   NAPS |   CTS (ITI)* |
|---------|--------|--------------|
|    6115 |    270 |         5103 |

review and formulate framework on the critical cases related to monitoring issues of the stakeholders.

- iii. Under  JSS,  Directorate  of  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  monitors  the  JSS  scheme  through review meetings and online web portal (jss.gov.in). In cases where the parent body/JSS is  found  violating  the  guidelines  or  involved  in  serious  financial  irregularities/continued poor performance in the implementation of the scheme, the Grants-in-aid is discontinued, and the process of de-recognition is initiated.
- iv. Under NAPS, stipend support for apprentices was  released as reimbursement, on the basis of apprenticeship contracts entered between the candidate and the establishments and submission of proof of the stipend paid by the establishment. From 2023-24 (July 2023), stipend support is being released directly into the bank accounts of apprentices through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
- v. Under Skill Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE) project, financial support is provided by the Government of India for upgradation of labs, equipment and tools of ITIs for upgradation of quality and enhancing the industry relevance of training. Financial assistance is provided based on achievement of their performance indicators and  monitoring  of  physical  targets  is  done  through MIS  portal,  regular  meetings  and follow up.
- vi. Training and Entrepreneurship programs under Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) are monitored through SIDH platform.

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