Lok Sabha Question No. 2245 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-05
Subject: Vocational Education
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Smt. Dhanorkar Pratibha Suresh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2245 ANSWERED ON 05.08.2024

## Vocational Education

## †2245  SMT. DHANORKAR PRATIBHA SURESH:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken any decision to provide vocational education to the youth;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the action plan prepared in this regard; and
- (c) whether the Government has held discussions with Indian industrial units on vocational education and employment generation through education at the national level, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a)  to  (c):  The  National  Education  Policy  (NEP)  2020  recommends  the  integration  of  skill education with general education and mainstreaming of skill education. Under the Skill Education component of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme 'Samagra Shiksha' financial assistance is provided to State/UTs for offering National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) compliant skill courses to the students from class 9 th to 12 th . At the Secondary level i.e., Class IX and X, skill modules are offered to the students as an additional subject. At Sr. Secondary level, i.e., Class XI and XII, skill courses are offered as a compulsory (elective) subject. Exposure of pre-vocational education at Upper  Primary  level,  internships,  10  bagless  days  etc.  have  been  included  under  Innovation component of Samagra Shiksha. So far 138 Job Roles (JRs) / Skill subjects have been approved for implementation. Employability Skill modules  including Communication  Skills, SelfManagement Skills, Information and Communication Technology Skills, Entrepreneurship Skills, and Green Skills are included in the curriculum of JRs.

Pandit  Sunderlal  Sharma  Central  Institute  of  Vocational  Education  (PSSCIVE),  a constituent  unit  of  National  Council  of  Educational  Research  and  Training  (NCERT),  has developed outcome-based curriculum for skill education subjects and trained skill trainers for imparting skill education to school students.

The  Government  has  formulated  the  National  Credit  framework  (NCrF),  a  single framework for seamlessly integrating the credits earned through learning in its all dimensions, such as from school education, higher education and skill education.

Under  the  Government  of  India's  Skill  India  Mission  (SIM),  the  Ministry  of  Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) delivers skill, re-skill and up-skill training through as extensive network of skill development centres/colleges/institutes etc. under various schemes. The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready and industry ready skills.

The  Government  has  developed  National  Internship  Portal  (https://internship.aicteindia.org/) which serves as a marketplace for bringing valuable, industry linked, paid, fulltime or part time internship opportunities to more than 1.98 Crore students across the country.

AICTE  has  developed  guidelines  for  implementation  of  apprenticeship  embedded Degree/Diploma programmes in the AICTE approved institutions for the AY 2024-25. Under this initiative, courses having apprenticeship components embedded therein are encouraged to make the students industry ready and to enhance potential employment. UGC has also facilitated higher education institutions across the country to provide skill-based education under National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF).

The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  is  continuously  engaging  with industries  for  skill  education  and  employment  generation.  In  collaboration  with  reputed companies, CBSE has launched a partnership to boost engagement of the CBSE affiliated schools for enhancing the knowledge of students in emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Virtual  Reality.  MoUs  have  been  signed  for  skilling  leaners  across  school  education,  higher education and vocational skills on emerging technologies like cyber security, cloud computing and  professional  development  skills.  Hands-on  knowledge  in  areas  like  automotive  skills  and industrial exposure to students in secondary and senior secondary classes is being provided in collaboration with interested companies at school level.

As  a  part  of  Skill  India  Mission,  the  National  Skill  Development  Council  (NSDC), regularly  engages  with  industry  stakeholders  to  develop  and  implement  skill  development programs. Sector Skill Councils (SSCs), established under NSDC  and  led  by  industry representatives, work closely with industries to design and update curriculum and training modules to ensure they meet current industry standards.

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