Skill
Development & Entrepreneurship
National
Skill Development Mission- The National Skill Development Mission was
approved by the Union Cabinet on 01.07.2015, and officially launched by the
Hon’ble Prime Minister on 15.07.2015 on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day.
The Mission has been developed to create convergence across sectors and States
in terms of skill training activities. Further, to achieve the vision of
‘Skilled India’, the National Skill Development Mission would not only
consolidate and coordinate skilling efforts, but also expedite decision making
across sectors to achieve skilling at scale with speed and standards. It will
be implemented through a streamlined institutional mechanism driven by Ministry
of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). Key institutional mechanisms
for achieving the objectives of the Mission have been divided into three tiers,
which will consist of a Governing Council for policy guidance at apex level, a
Steering Committee and a Mission Directorate (along with an Executive
Committee) as the executive arm of the Mission. Mission Directorate will be
supported by three other institutions: National Skill Development Agency
(NSDA), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), and Directorate General
of Training (DGT) – all of which will have horizontal linkages with Mission
Directorate to facilitate smooth functioning of the national institutional
mechanism. Seven sub-missions have been proposed initially to act as building
blocks for achieving overall objectives of the Mission.
Today, more
than 20 Ministries/Departments run 70 plus schemes for skill development in the
country. However, there are gaps in the capacity and quality of training
infrastructure as well as outputs, insufficient focus on workforce aspirations,
lack of certification and common standards and a pointed lack of focus on the
unorganized sector.
Recognizing
the need and urgency of quickly coordinating the efforts of all concerned
stakeholders in the field of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government
of India notified the formation of the Department of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship on 31st July, 2014 which subsequently led to the creation of
the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship on 10th Nov, 2014. The
important milestones in the formation and set up of the new Ministry are as
below:
·
8th December, 2014 : Office of
the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship shifted to 2nd Floor,
Shivaji Stadium Annexe Building, Connaught Place
·
10th November, 2014 : Ministry of
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is Created and Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy
takes oath as new Minister of State (independent charge) of the Ministry.
·
18th September, 2014 : Committee of
Secretaries held for accommodation and creation of post for the new Department.
·
2nd September, 2014 : Secretary,
Mr. Sunil Arora joins the Ministry as the first Secretary with independent
charge.
·
31st July, 2014 : Notification
of Allocation of Business Rules listing the business of the Ministry of Youth
Affairs, Sports, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Based on the
mandate under the Allocation of Business Rules and taking into account the
requirements of multiple stakeholders, the following four outcomes to be
achieved have been identified:
1.
Ensure youth emerging from formal education are
employable with job or self-employment oriented skills
2.
Ensure people stuck in low income jobs and in the
unorganised segments can access growth opportunities through up-skilling /
re-skilling and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
3.
Improve supply and quality of the workforce for
industry, contributing to increased productivity
4.
Make skilling inspirational for youth
To achieve these outcomes, a framework
built on five central pillarsrepresenting the core requirements for skilling
has been conceived by the Ministry – to Create a pipeline of skilled people,
Correct supply for demand, Certify global/common standards, Connect supply with
demand and Catalyse entrepreneurship. These five pillars will be supported by
cross-cutting enabling measures.
Common norms and metrics on inputs,
outcome measures and funding for skill development schemes across Central
Ministries/Departments are being developed by the Ministry. Skill gap studies
for all high priority sectors including key manufacturing sectors under Make in
India have also been initiated. Support to States has been extended via the
State Skill Development Mission through funding and technical support to ramp
up capacity and improve standards of skilling at the State level.
A number of other initiatives such as
collaborating with other nations to adopt international best practices,
revamping the vocational education framework in the country, partnering with corporates,
leveraging public infrastructure for skilling, creating a pipeline of quality
trainers and leveraging technology for skill training, arebeing pursued by the
Ministry.
For details, visit http://www.skilldevelopment.gov.in, http://www.skillindia.gov.in, http://www.msde.gov.in
Skill Development Initiative Projects (SDI)
(i) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
(iv) Vocational Training in Higher Education
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas
Yojana (PMKVY)
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
(PMKVY) isthe flagship outcome-based skill training scheme of the new Ministry
of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE). The objective of this skill
certification and reward scheme is to enable and mobilize a large number of
Indian youth to take up outcome based skill training and become employable and
earn their livelihood.Under the scheme, monetary reward would be provided to
trainees who are successfully trained, assessed and certified in skill courses
run by affiliated training providers.
Key features of the PMKVY are:
a. Standards- Training will be done against standards (National
Occupational Standards - NOS and Qualification Packs - QPs for specific job
roles) formulated by industry-driven bodies, namely the Sector Skills Councils
(SSCs). Third party assessments for skill training will be done based on
national (and often) global standards.
b. Direct Fund Transfer- It will have complete transparent funding of skill
training without any intermediaries with monetary rewards directly transferred
to the trainees bank account. It will ensure financial inclusion with a
provision of unique multi-wallet facility linked to debit card and accidental
insurance. Aadhaar number will be used for unique identification of each candidate.
c. Demand-driven targets: Based on assessment of skill demand and the Skill
Gap Studies, target for skill training would be allocated to training providers
by job-role and by district/city to the extent possible, by NSDC in
consultation with the SSCs, States/UTs and the Central Ministries/Departments
under the oversight of the Steering Committee of PMKVY.
d. Target aligned to national flagship
programmes and regions: Target
for skill training would be aligned to the demand from the Central Governments
flagship programmes, such as - Swachh Bharat, Make in India, Digital India,
National Solar Mission and so on.
e. Supply side perspective in target
fixation: Skill training under PMKVY would
essentially target drop out students after class 10 and class 12 and hence
these numbers will be taken into consideration while deciding state / district
wise targets. There will be special focus on youth in regions affected by
left-wing extremists and from North Eastern States and J&K.
f. Recognition of prior learning (RPL): Under PMKVY, trainees with prior experience or
skills and competencies will be assessed and they will also be given monetary
rewards for undergoing assessments. This will be an important step towards
recognising the skills possessed by workers working in the informal sector and
their inclusion. This will also facilitate the process of skill upgradation and
re-skilling of the existing workforce. The focus of RPL would be on those
job-roles/sectors in which it is most desired and it will be accompanied with a
strong advocacy campaign to promote a paradigm shift in the labour market to
make skill training to standards aspirational.
g. Variable amount of monetary reward: Monetary reward for various job roles within a
sector would also vary. This amount would be arrived at after taking various
factors like cost of training, willingness of trainees for pay and other
relevant factors into consideration. Higher incentives will be given to
training in manufacturing, construction and plumbing sectors.
h. Robust regime for registration of
training providers: NSDC
training partners undergo due diligence before being registered with NSDC.
Government affiliated training centres and other training partners will be
approved by the SSCs on the basis of guidelines issued by NSDC. Under PMKVY,
even the government affiliated training providers will undergo due diligence as
per the process manual. Each training partner would be responsible for its
entire franchisee network and the infrastructure of training centers. The same
will be part of the monitoring process. Only first level of franchising would
be allowed but the same should be declared in advance and validated on the
basis of random sampling as per guidelines in the process manual.
For more details, visit http://www.pmkvyofficial.org/
Udaan is a
Special Industry Initiative for Jammu & Kashmir in the nature of
partnership between the corporates of India and Ministry of Home Affairs and
implemented by National Skill Development Corporation. The programme aims to
provide skills training and enhance the employability of unemployed youth of
J&K. The Scheme covers graduates, post graduates and three year engineering
diploma holders. It has two objectives:
·
(i) To provide an exposure to the unemployed
graduates to the best of Corporate India;
·
(ii) To provide Corporate India, an exposure to the
rich talent pool available in the State.
The key stakeholders are:
·
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) - Chief Benefactors
·
State Government (Jammu & Kashmir)
·
Corporates - Training Partners
·
Implementation Agency (IA) NSDC
The Scheme
aims to cover 40,000 youth of J&K over a period of five years and Rs. 750
crore has been earmarked for implementation of the scheme over a period of five
years to cover other incidental expenses such as travel cost, boarding and
lodging, stipend and travel and medical insurance cost for the trainees and
administration cost. Further corporates are eligible for partial reimbursement
of training expense incurred for the candidates who have been offered jobs.
Udaan as on
10th July, 2015
Milestones |
Figures |
Youth who have joined
Udaan training programs till date |
10,555 |
Placement Offers Made |
4,984 |
Cumulative Corporates
successfully partnered with Udaan |
74 |
Cumulative commitment
for 5 years |
94,300 |
Udaan selection drives
conducted till date |
585 |
For
more details, visit http://nsdcudaan.com/
The National Skill Certification and
Monetary Reward Scheme, known as STAR (Standard Training Assessment and
Reward),was operational between August 2013 and September 2014.
NSDC is the designated implementing
agency of the scheme and is working through various Sector Skill Councils
(SSCs), Training Providers (TPs) and independent Assessment Agencies (AAs).
The achievements made under the scheme
as on Feb, 2015 are as under:
Outcomes: (As of 03 July 2015)
Enrolled |
1,400,848 |
Training completed |
1,400,844 |
Assessment Completed |
1,362,296 |
Passed |
915,242 |
Certified |
861,077 |
Reward Money Disbursed |
833,144 (Rs. 851.67* Cr) |
For
more details, visit http://www.nscsindia.org/
In order to
bridge the industry academia gap – NSDC has developed a unique model to
integrate skill based trainings into the academic cycle of the Universities.
These are based on National Occupational Standards set by industry through
sector skill councils. The job roles offered are designed to be progressive in
nature – from Level 5 – level 7 on National Skills Qualification framework. The
key highlight of the model are as given below:
·
Based on state skill gap report – identification of
Sectors and job roles
·
Development of implementation model and Integration
into time table as per university norms
·
Training of Trainers by Sector Skill Council
·
Curriculum Alignment and Capacity Building
workshops
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Student orientation sessions to take an informed
choice of sector/job role based on career aspiration
·
Standardised Training Delivery by NSDC Training
Partners
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Internships and On- the – job Training
·
Assessment and certification by Sector Skill
Council
·
Last Mile Employability and Entrepreneurship
Opportunities for the students
NSDC is
working with 21 Universities, UGC and AICTE catering to more than 1200 colleges
and 400 community colleges across the country. Some of the organization
include:
1. SavitribaiPhule
University of Pune : 663 colleges and 57 autonomous institutions
2. University
of Delhi: 67 colleges including NCWEB and SOL
3. University
Grants Commission: 150 community colleges and 127 colleges for B.Voc and Degree
programmes
4. Tamil Nadu
Open University (TNOU): 155 learning resource centres and 204 community
colleges
5. Centurion
University: 4 colleges
6. Haryana and
Punjab Universities
7. AICTE : 100
Community Colleges
NSDC is
about to sign MoUs with 7 more universities to adopt this model.
NSDC funded
training partners affiliated to respective SSCs are involved in imparting
trainings to the students under these partnerships. The infrastructure is
allocated by the respective colleges of the University. A project management
team ensures monitoring and evaluation of ongoing trainings.
Academia
recognise the benefits of this model for integration of industry recognized
skills with regular studies and post assessment the studentsreceive industry
endorsed and recognized certificate.
The National Skill Development Agency,
invites innovative ideas, concepts and practices on skill development. A
committee has been set up to review all such innovations and to facilitate
their application on a wider scale. All the innovators who wish to bring their
ideas and practices may send their proposals and presentation to the National
Skill Development Agency via email to innovations@nsda.net.in. Shortlisted
proposals will be invited to make presentation before the Committee which will
meet every month on the third Wednesday of the month at 11 am in the NSDA
office, commencing from 17th Dec 2014. Selected innovative practices will be
facilitated and propagated for wider application.
For more details, visit http://www.nsda.gov.in/ContentPage/contentindexpage.html?name=skillII
The National Skill Development
Corporation has initiated tje Innovations for Skills Marketplace to host
information on innovative solutions, practices, models and other relevant
research in the skill development space. These can be used by practitioners,
Government agencies, policy makers, corporates and other stakeholders that
contribute to this growing and vibrant ecosystem. The site is free to use for
everybody and all submissions are voluntary.
NSDC also runs the Innovations for
Skills Challenge to look for proposals, which will positively impact and create
a multiplier effect in the skill development space. The proposals can be from
enterprises, which have solutions to reduce cost, enable new processes and
create a higher impact than the existing practices in the current skill
development space. Proposals must be validated with a proof of concept. All
initiatives must have at least a pilot that has seen some traction along with a
scalable business proposition.
For more details, visit http://innovation.nsdcindia.org/
The National Skill Development Corporation
provides skill development funding either as loans or equity, and supports
financial incentives to select private sector initiatives to improve financial
viability through tax breaks etc. NSDC's financing initiatives provide funding
through:
·
Loan
·
Equity
·
Grants
The NSDC will adopt a phased and
detailed due diligence process to select proposals for funding to provide funds
for vocational training.
Detailed evaluation will be done across
six sets of criteria:
·
Employer
view of demand for the specific skills
·
Alignment
with the NSDC's mission
·
Robustness
of overall plan and operating model
·
Ability
to leverage partnerships
·
Ability
to leverage financial requirements
·
Ability
to leverage management capability
For
more details, visit http://www.nsdcindia.org/funding and http://www.nsdcindia.org/guidelines#tab3
NOSs – National Occupational Standards (NOSs)
specify the standard of performance, knowledge and understanding when carrying
out a particular activity in the workplace. Each NOS defines one key function
in a job role. Example: For a Sales Associate, one of the NOS would be to 'To
help customers choose right products'
QPs – A set of NOSs, aligned to a job role,
called Qualification Packs (QPs), would be available for every job role in each
industry sector. These drive both the creation of curriculum, and assessments.
These job roles would be at various proficiency levels, and aligned to the
NSQF. Example would be Qualification Pack of a Sales Associate
Sector Skill Councils are responsible
for the creation of QPs and NOSs. These Occupational Standards are open for public
viewing for a month on http://www.nsdcindia.org/nos. All those who have participated in
development and validation of standards as well as the industry are informed by
the SSC that the Occupational Standards have been published for comments.All
comments/ feedback received during the period will be responded to by
respective Sector Skill Council under intimation to NSDC. After one month of
public viewing, these standards will be promulgated as National Standards.
As of 31st March 2015, across 28
Sectors, standards for 1319 Job Roles pegged at NSQF levels 1 to 8 have been
defined by the Sector Skill Councils. 14 SSCs have covered development of 80%
of entry level workforce QPs.
View a sample QP
at http://www.tsscindia.com/download/25QPS-NSDC/qp-customer-care-executive-call-center.pdf
Current list of developed Qualification
Packs and NOSs are available at http://www.nsdcindia.org/sites/default/files/files/04th-Jun-2015-Summary-List-QP-NOS-list-including-Draft.pdf
What Is WorldSkills India?
WorldSkills India is an initiative
of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under the Ministry of
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. NSDC, through its WorldSkills
India initiative, has been leading the country's participation at WorldSkills
International competitions since 2011.
The key objectives of WorldSkills India
are to:
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Promulgate
skills in the society and motivate the youth to pursue vocational education.
·
Champion
skills and learning for work through local, regional, national and
international skills competition and contribute to the society.
·
Invite
sponsorships to organize the local, regional, national and international skills
competitions and also host international competitions.
·
Establish
links and a long-term association with the WSI secretariat along with
development of cooperation with the Government of India, state Governments,
registered vocational skills training and awarding bodies.
Role of NSDC
·
Establish
linkages and contacts with various stakeholders of the industry to promote the
association.
·
Provide
support and synergy for efforts of WorldSkills India through its Skills
Development initiatives.
·
Provide
administrative and technical support to the participants and experts for the
WorldSkills Competitions.
About world skill January 2014-2015
·
In
FY 14-15 a total of 113 rounds were held (85 regional, 27 nationals and one
final round) before the winners were selected by a jury of 58 experts picked
from the respective industries.
·
India
will compete in a total of 27 skills at the WorldSkills International
Competition in Sao Paulo, Brazil in August, 2015.
·
The
competition took place with a three tier selection process - Regionals,
Nationals and the Final For the regional competitions the participants were
identified by the partnering organizations and institutes.
·
Close
to 1050 candidates across India participated in the competition
·
250
candidates were selected after regional competitions, 80 candidates selected
after National Competitions, 21 candidates selected after Final Competition.
Final competition for 8 skills will be scheduled shortly. In all 29 candidates
will be selected in 27 skills after completion of all finals.
For more
information, visit http://www.worldskillsindia.co.in/
An
entrepreneurship development scheme is currently being developed by Ministry of
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. The scheme will being designed around
the following major elements:
Educate and equip potential and early stage entrepreneurs
across India:
In partnership with experts, a world class entrepreneurship education
curriculum will be developed. This curriculum will be delivered to all aspiring
entrepreneurs at no cost. Leveraging online learning, entrepreneurship courses
can be taken as and when needed by students and business people alike through
Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
In addition, entrepreneurship education will be integrated into the mainstream
curriculum in 3,000 colleges around India. Entrepreneurship education courses
will also be delivered in approximately 325 industrial clusters across the
nation. Through 50 nodal Entrepreneurship Hubs (E-Hubs) set up across all
states, existing and potential entrepreneurs will be targeted for
entrepreneurship education modules that suit their need.
Connect entrepreneurs to peers, mentors, incubators:
To support young entrepreneurs, a web and mobile based platform connecting the
entire entrepreneurial ecosystem will be established. Platform members will
access content online, including information on government services and special
packages offered by service providers.
The creation of new incubators will be encouraged and a national network of
incubators and accelerators established to support young entrepreneurs. A
national network of high quality, screened mentors will also be created,
leveraging existing networks and successful local entrepreneurs where possible.
Entrepreneurship activities in innovative and cutting edge technology areas
will be aligned with initiatives such as Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and Self
Employment Talent Utilisation (SETU).
Support entrepreneurs through Entrepreneurship
Hubs (E-Hubs):
Support to entrepreneurs, including coordinated delivery of national and state
government entrepreneurship programs and access to enabling resources, a
national network of Entrepreneurship Hubs (E-Hubs) will be established.
One national, 30 state, 50 Nodal and 3,000 college based E-Hubs will be set up
to deliver support. These E-Hubs will, collectively, cover the entire nation.
Catalyse a culture shift to encourage entrepreneurship:
To promote entrepreneurship, state and national level interactions with
stakeholders will be convened. International linkages will be established
through internship opportunities and exchange trips to global entrepreneurship
hubs such as Silicon Valley and Israel. To build awareness, national brand
ambassadors will be created to champion entrepreneurial culture in India.
Awards will be instituted for young achievers and a National Entrepreneurship
Day will be celebrated.
Encourage entrepreneurship among
underrepresented groups:
Special focus will be given to the inclusion of scheduled castes &
scheduled tribes, minorities, differently abled, etc., and regionally
under-represented areas including large part of Eastern and North Eastern India
in entrepreneurship programs. Special efforts will also be made to enrol
incubators and mentors catering to these groups will in the national
entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Promote Entrepreneurship amongst Women:
Focus will also be placed on encouraging women entrepreneurs through
appropriate incentives for women owned businesses under the public procurement
process. It will also be ensured that gender neutral incubation/
accelerator, network of mentors, industry, resource centres and credit
institutes are developed to facilitate Women Entrepreneurs. Priority will be
given for mentorship and support system for women entrepreneurs in existing
business centres and incubators. Steps will also be taken to assemble gender
disaggregated data.
Foster social entrepreneurship and
grassroots innovations:
Universities and academic institutions will be encouraged to launch a course on
‘Social Entrepreneurship’, including through online distance education, to
actively promote social entrepreneurship in the country. Additional support,
including through fiscal incentives and incubation, will also be considered.
To foster grass-roots innovation, a
focus on innovations in hubs, collaborations with organisations such as the
National Innovation Foundation and promotion of Intellectual Property Rights
will also be encouraged.
Further details can
be found in the http://www.skilldevelopment.gov.in/National-Policy-2015.html
·
Common
Norms for Skill Development Schemes implemented by Government of India
(http://www.skilldevelopment.gov.in/assets/images/Notification/Common%20Norms%20Notification.pdf)
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Allocation
of business rule: Ministry of Skill Development
(http://www.skilldevelopment.gov.in/assets/images/Notification/Allocation%20of%20Business.pdf)
·
Creation
of Ministry of Skill Development
(http://www.skilldevelopment.gov.in/assets/images/Notification/Creation%20of%20Ministry.pdf
)
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NSQF
Notification (http://www.skilldevelopment.gov.in/assets/images/Notification/Gazette_NSQF.pdf)
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