Lok Sabha Question No. 2647 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-05
Subject: Skill Development Programme
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR, DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT**

**DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2647**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2015**

**Skill Development Programme**

| 2647. ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR:  SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN:                      |                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| **Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:**          |                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| (a)                                                                               | the details of Skill Development Programmes undertaken by her Ministry;                                                                                                                |
| (b)                                                                               | whether the Government has taken any new initiative in this direction and if so, the details thereof; and                                                                              |
| (c)                                                                               | whether the existing institutions and the institutions proposesd to be opened under "Skilling India" Programme will have any campus placement facility and if so, the details thereof? |
| ### ANSWER  MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT  **(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)** |                                                                                                                                                                                        |

1. : The Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) had issued a notification on 03.09.2012 regarding implementation of National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF) to develop the Skills in all over the country. The NVEQF has been superceded by National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF), which has been notified by the Finance Ministry on 27 th December, 2013.  To promote skills in education, MHRD is running several schemes/programmes in the country, which are as under:

(a) 	Apprenticeship Training.

(b)	Employability Enhancement Training Programme (EETP)

3. National Employability Enhancement Mission (NEEM)
4. Career Oriented Courses (COC)
5. Community Development through Polytechnics (CDTP)
6. Community College Scheme
7. Skill Development through IGNOU.

(b):	The MHRD has launched Credit Framework for Skill and Education under NSQF on 11 th November, 2014, aimed to promote lateral and vertical mobility. The Skills Assessment Matrix for Vocational Advancement of Youth (SAMVAY) has been launched to integrate vocational and conventional education to students.

(c):	Most of the “Skilling India” courses are based on the placement after the training.

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