Lok Sabha Question No. 1353 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-11
Subject: Skill Ecosystem
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Amar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1353

ANSWERED ON 11.12.2023

## SKILL ECOSYSTEM

1353.  DR. AMAR SINGH:

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

- (a)       Whether the Government has taken note of the fact that flaws such as overdependence on training providers with non-permanent infrastructure, narrow qualifications with inadequate on-the-job training, and overlooking mobility pathways and credits for vocational graduates have crept into the skill ecosystem; and
- (b)        if so, the details of the corrective measures to be taken by the Government to re-energise the skill ecosystem?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a)   and (b)         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 Shikshan Sansthan (JSS), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), to all the sections of the society across the country.   The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready & industry ready skills.

ITIs are equipped with permanent infrastructure.  Training under the scheme of JSS is provided by Non-Government Organisations (NGO), in their infrastructure located  close  to  doorsteps  of  the  target  group.   Apprenticeship  training  is  given  in industrial establishments.

Under  PMKVY,  the  training  providers  are  selected  through  a  series  of stringent  procedure.   Regular  monitoring,  inspections,  and  evaluations  are  also conducted  to  ensure  that  institutions  are  maintaining  the  prescribed  standards  for skill  development.  Based  on  the  learning  from  earlier  phases  of  PMKVY  scheme, there  is  a  renewed  focus  on  implementing  the  skill  development  initiative  through permanent infrastructure of Skill Hubs, Govt. Institutions and industry premises.  Skill Hubs are being set up in permanent infrastructure of educational institutions such as

Government and Private Schools, Colleges, Universities (including Skill Universities) and other Higher Education Institutions.

The details of the skilling network across the country as follows:-

| Name of Scheme   | Name of the Training Center       | Total No.      |
|------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------|
| PMKVY            | Training centres including PMKK's | 2640           |
| JSS              | JSS centers                       | 288            |
| NAPS             | Establishments                    | 49927 (*42453) |
| CTS              | ITI                               | 15016          |

As regards qualifications, as a part of revision and rationalization of existing qualifications,  technology  elements  and  optional  electives  have  been  included  to make  qualifications  relevant  to  emerging  requirements  of  changes  in  technology under Industry 4.0.  Further, to ensure that qualifications are holistic in nature  and cater to  the  requirements of industry,  employability modules have been developed and made mandatory for inclusion in qualifications.  Guidelines for multi-skilling and cross  sectoral  skilling  have  also  been  designed  and  implemented  by  National Council  for  Vocational  Education  and  Training  (NCVET).   These  measures  are aimed at making the qualifications broad with uniform standard components.

To realize the intent and objections of New Education Policy (NEP), 2020, the Government  of  India  has  notified  the  National  Credit  Framework  (NCrF)  which enables assignments of credits for all kinds of learning including through vocational training, accumulation, storage, transfer and redemption of credit, with multiple entry and multiple exit (ME-ME), thus facilitating mobility pathways and lifelong learning.

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