Lok Sabha Question No. 92 (STARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Training of Youth
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: RAHUL KASWAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 92 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## TRAINING OF YOUTH

## QUESTION

## †*92. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

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

- (a) the number of youth proposed to be trained under the National Skill Development policy in the next two years;
- (b) the names  of  the  institutions that assess  the  existing skills  and  provide certification or grant skill training certificate to validate previous training acquired;
- (c) the mechanism adopted by the said institutions to ensure quality of training; and
- (d) the number of trainees who have been distributed skill cards and skill certificates during  the  last  six  months  along  with  the  number  of  trainees,  who  have  secured employment?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.  92  to  be  answered  on  02.03.2016  asked  by  Shri  Rahul  Kaswan  regarding 'Training of Youth'.

- (a) The National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015  projects Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), reskilling and upskilling of 298.25 million existing workforce and skilling of 104.62 million new entrants over 2015-2022.
- (b) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY) a flagship  skill  development  scheme  of Government  of  India. PMKVY targets to train 14 lakh fresh entrants to the workforce and recognise the skills of existing workforce by covering 10 lakh persons under the Recognition Prior Learning (RPL)  during  2015-16.  PMKVY  is  being  implemented  by  National  Skill  Development Corporation  (NSDC)  involving  training  partners,  Sector  Skill  Councils  (SSC's)  and Assessment  Agencies.  Under  the  Scheme, trainees  are  assessed  by  third  party assessment  agencies  affiliated  with  Sector  Skill  Councils.  The  trainees  successfully completing assessment are given training certificate by the Sector Skill Councils.
- (c) All  training  programmes  under  PMKVY  are  fully  complaint  to  National  Skills Qualification  Framework  (NSQF).  The  Training  Courses  are  based  on  the  standards developed by Sector Skill Councils in consultation with industry and taking into account job based skill requirement. These standards further undergo scrutiny and filtration at several channels and thereafter approved by the National Skills Qualification Committee to  ensure  quality  of  training.  Further, to  ensure  on-site  quality  of  trainings  following measures are taken under PMKVY:
-  Site  Visits:  The  SSC  &  PMKVY  monitoring  team  conduct  site  visits  on sample  basis  to  ensure  that  quality  trainings  are  being  provided  to students,  also  before  authorizing  a  centre  it  is  the  responsibility  of  the SSCs  to  ensure  that  training  centre  is  well  equipped  to  conduct  the trainings.
-  Call  Validation:  Candidates  undergoing  training  are  contacted  via  phone calls to seek their feedback on the training being provided.
-  Student  Feedback  Forms:  The  students  have  to  fill  a  Student  Feedback Form  which  seeks  candidate's  experience  of  training,  these  forms  are collected by the Assessor at the time of assessments.
-  Grievance  Portal:  There  is  a  grievance  portal  for  candidates  to  register their  grievances.  PMKVY  monitoring  team  conducts  investigation  and actions as per PMKVY Consequence management system are taken.
- (d) Under  PMKVY,  as  a  process,  Training  Partner  provide  the  hardcopies  of certificate  and  skill  card  to  the  eligible  candidates  post  'certification'  by  SSC.  As  on 29 th Feb 2016, 9,17,090 persons have completed training. Out of this, 2,76,293 persons have been certified and about 50,000 have got placement

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