Raising the skilling bar: Young India needs reimagined vocational education

Nation-building education is the govt's job. It should do it with the same might it used for the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Aadhaar linking, Covid vaccination drive, and financial inclusion initiative

There are a lot of young people in India who want to get a qualification that will set them up to earn well and progress professionally. There are a lot of employers who say they can’t get enough qualified people. Despite a lot of high-powered talk and action by many entities over the past few decades, the chasm between the demand and supply for relevant capability remains unbridged, and young India remains unable to achieve its desired potential.

Fewer cooks make for better broth

> There are too many national initiatives running in parallel, each having its