Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy has said that National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) had an evaluation study conducted by the World Bank of five national level skill development programs (SDPs). The objective was to understand and learn from the performance of these five SDPs in the states of Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and to generate lessons that can benefit all stakeholders in their efforts towards workforce development in India. The five programmes chosen for the study were:
I. Skill Development Initiative Scheme (SDIS) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment
II. The Swarn Jayanti Grameen Rojgar Yojana and its successor scheme Aajeevika Skills of the Ministry of Rural Development
III. Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI) of the Ministry of Rural Development
IV. Skill Training for Employment Promotion amongst Urban Poor (STEP-UP) component of Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
V. Training provided by training providers who have been funded by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today Shri Rudy said, as per the interim findings of the report, 27% of candidates enrolled in the above skill development programmes find employment. Some of the reasons for non-employment include resistance to migration, pursuit of higher education etc.
He said, the Government has taken various steps to ensure employability of the skilled persons. The recent amendments to the Apprentices Act, 1961, would facilitate the industry's ability to take on apprentices. The Government has notified the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) to integrate general and vocational streams of education, which will facilitate and make transparent, the various pathways of mobility, both within and between general and vocational streams. The NSQF would ensure that each level is defined in terms of competencies that would need to be achieved.
I. Skill Development Initiative Scheme (SDIS) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment
II. The Swarn Jayanti Grameen Rojgar Yojana and its successor scheme Aajeevika Skills of the Ministry of Rural Development
III. Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI) of the Ministry of Rural Development
IV. Skill Training for Employment Promotion amongst Urban Poor (STEP-UP) component of Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
V. Training provided by training providers who have been funded by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today Shri Rudy said, as per the interim findings of the report, 27% of candidates enrolled in the above skill development programmes find employment. Some of the reasons for non-employment include resistance to migration, pursuit of higher education etc.
He said, the Government has taken various steps to ensure employability of the skilled persons. The recent amendments to the Apprentices Act, 1961, would facilitate the industry's ability to take on apprentices. The Government has notified the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) to integrate general and vocational streams of education, which will facilitate and make transparent, the various pathways of mobility, both within and between general and vocational streams. The NSQF would ensure that each level is defined in terms of competencies that would need to be achieved.
