Govt starts skill mapping to help workers get opportunities closer home

The skill mapping exercise shall become the basis of the Centre's intervention in districts through training and recognition of prior learning in order to re-skill and up-skill workers

The central government is undertaking a comprehensive skill mapping exercise of labourers in conjunction with states as part of efforts to provide them work opportunities closer to their homes, officials said.

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is working through its implementation arm, the National Skill Development Corporation, in partnership with an artificial intelligence company on creating a platform to map skilled and certified workers with demand clusters based on industrial requirements.

"We are initially exploring this exercise with our sector skill councils. The skill management information system aims to create a local ecosystem in every region to minimise