Lok Sabha Question No. 1141 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Enrolment of Students in Vocational Courses
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1141 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## ENROLMENT OF STUDENTS IN VOCATIONAL COURSES

## 1141 SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

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

- (a) the details of enrolment of students in various vocational courses in the country during the last three years, vocational course-wise and year-wise;
- (b) whether it is true that the number of skilled workers produced every year in India is less than China, United States and other countries; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  being  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  to increase the skilled workers in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)

- (a) The  details  of  enrolments  of  students    in  various  vocational  courses  in  the country during the last three years, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 is at Annex-A.
- (b) to (c) No such study has been undertaken.

Annex-A

Details  of  enrolments  for  three  flagship  schemes  of  Directorate  General  of Training, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, scheme-wise for the last three years:

| S. No.   | Name of the Scheme                  | No. of students enrolled in 2013-14   | No. of students enrolled in 2014-15   | No. of students enrolled in 2015-16   |
|----------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Craftsmen Training Scheme           | *                                     | 9,49,224                              | 10,73,265                             |
| 2.       | Apprenticeship Training Scheme      | 2,11,632                              | 2,15,257                              | 2,29,676                              |
| 3.       | Skill Development Initiative Scheme | 14,26,060                             | 8,99,417                              | 1,14,168                              |
|          | Total                               | 16,37,692                             | 20,63,898                             | 14,17,109                             |

Details of enrolment of students in various vocational courses through All India Council  of  Technical  Education  (AICTE)  in  the  country  during  the  last  three years:

| S. No.   | Vocational Courses under NVEQF (now NSQF)                                    | Enrolment 2013-14   | Enrolment 2014-15   | Enrolment 2015-16   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| 1.       | AICTE approved Public/ Private Institutes under non-NVEQF (Now NSQF) courses | 1,000               | 34,466              | 34,466              |
| 2.       | Scheme of Community College                                                  | 3,000               | 5,023               | 5,475               |
| 3.       | Employability Enhancement Training Programme (EETP)                          | 15,000              | 22,578              | 7,526               |
| 4.       | National Employability Enhancement Mission (NEEM)                            | 2,000               | 2,756               | 7,773               |
|          | Total                                                                        | 21,000              | 64,823              | 55,240              |

Details of State-wise distribution of by NSDC's Training Partners till FY 2015-16 as on 31st January, 2016:

| S. No.   | Skilling training under NSDC                            | No. of students enrolled in 2013-14   | No. of students enrolled in 2014- 15   | No. of students enrolled in 2015- 16 (till 31st Jan, 2016)   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Training under skilling (other than PMKVY, UDAAN, STAR) | 10,05,074                             | 12,33,346                              | 7,33,536                                                     |
| 2.       | STAR                                                    | 46,020 (for year 2013)                | 13,54,542 (for year 2014)              | 283 (for year 2015)                                          |
| 3.       | PMKVY                                                   | -                                     | -                                      | 14,69,247 **                                                 |
| 4.       | UDAAN                                                   | 3,604                                 | 4,866                                  | 8,097 (till 17th Feb, 2016)                                  |
| 5.       | National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM)                | -                                     | -                                      | 1,48,615 (till 15th February, 2016)                          |
|          | Total                                                   | 10,54,698                             | 25,92,754                              | 23,59,778                                                    |

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