Lok Sabha Question No. 312 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Vocational Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: C.R. CHAUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 312 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

## †*312. SHRI C.R. CHAUDHARY:

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)
- (b)
- (c)
- (d)

whether  the  Government  has  taken  adequate  steps  to  promote  and  popularise vocational education in the country and if so, the details thereof; whether  the  Government  has  introduced  any  scheme  for  Graduates,  Diploma holders and 10+2 pass-outs, vocational certificate holders in the country and if so, the salient features of the scheme along with the action taken in this regard; whether  the  Government  proposes  to  introduce  any  training  scheme  for  diploma holders  and  10+2  pass-outs  with  vocational  training  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof, State/UT-wise; whether  the  Government  has  fixed  any  time  frame  for  the  introduction  of  the scheme; and

- (e) if not, the reasons therefor and the time by which it is likely to be introduced?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTs (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 312 FOR 21.12.2015 ASKED BY SHRI C.R. CHAUDHARY REGARDING 'VOCATIONAL EDUCATION'.

(a) & (b): Yes,  Madam.  The  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  has  taken several steps to promote and popularize vocational education in the country and introduced schemes  of  Community  College,  B.  Voc  degree  programmes  and  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyay KAUSHAL  Kendras  to  award  of  Certificates,  Diplomas,  Advanced  Level  Diplomas  and Bachelor's as well as Master's Degree programme. Details of the schemes are available on the  website  of  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC).  The  detail  of  Community  College Scheme  is  also  available  on  the  website  of  All  India  Council  for  Technical  Education (AICTE).

(c) to (e): With  a  view  to  providing  engineering  skills  to  the  unemployed  youth, Ministry of Human Resource Development has approved an initiative under the umbrella of the Pradhan Mantri Kaushalya Vikas Yojana (PMKVY). Under this, each technical institution in  the  Country  has  been  advised  to  conduct  courses  in  core  engineering  skills  after  the college-hours  for  the  unemployed  and  interested  youth  in  the  vicinity.  The  existing infrastructure  and  teaching  faculty  available  with  the  institution  would  used  for  these trainings. Each College is expected to train 100 such youth and help in their placement after due certification, thereby adding 10 lakh youth trained in the engineering skills to the labour force.  The  costs  to  be  incurred  for  teaching/learning  activity  would  be  met  by  the Government for which an amount of Rs. 489.74 Cr has been approved for expenditure in the next 3 years.  This initiative will be launched from the academic year 2016-17.

AICTE  has  also  issued  National  Employability  Enhancement  Mission  (NEEM) Regulation, 2013, which aims to offer on the job practical training to enhance employability of  graduates/diploma holders or students pursuing graduation/diploma to increase their employability  in  any  technical  or  non-technical  stream  or  have  discontinued  studies  of degree or diploma course.

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