Citizens of modern world, the inter-connected Global village, are always amazed to see the still prevalent rot method of learning and lack of choices around curriculum to citizens of developing and under-developed countries. Perhaps this educational disadvantage is the prime reason of backwardness in the first place. India is taking decisive action in removing this lacuna.
Adopting a strategic response to fast changing skill demands Government of India is working on a plan to have 10,000 to 15,000 courses from present 4,500 courses These courses are meant for skilling, up-skilling and re-skilling of lakhs of youth setting up enterprises and knocking the job market every year. To build a resilient mechanism for education delivery, ‘one class-one TV channel’ programme of PM eVIDYA will be expanded from 12 to 200 TV channels, which will enable all states to provide supplementary education in regional languages for classes 1-12. A Digital University is also being established to provide access to students across the country for world-class quality universal education with personalised learning experience at their doorsteps. This will be made available in different Indian languages and ICT formats. The best public universities and institutions in the country will collaborate as a network of hub-spokes.
Aim is to skill, re-skill and up-skill on a large scale with speed and high standards in order to achieve vision of a ‘Skilled India’ through collaborations with relevant Central Ministries, State governments, international organizations, industry bodies, NGOs and relevant Government institutions, namely, Directorate General of Training (DGT), National Skill Development Agency (NSDA), National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), National Skill Development Fund (NSDF) and 38 Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) as well as 33 National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs/NSTI(w)), around 15,000 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) under DGT and 187 training partners registered with NSDC.
Earlier, the Union Budget 2022 also stated that the skilling programme and partnership with the respective industry will be reoriented to promote continuous skilling avenues, sustainability and employability, and National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) will be aligned with dynamic industry needs. “Digital Ecosystem for Skilling and Livelihood-the DESH-Stack e-portal, will also be launched. This portal aims to empower citizens to skill, re-skill and up-skill through online training. It will also provide API-based trusted skill credentials, payment and discovery layers to find relevant jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities. The Start-ups will be promoted to facilitate ‘Drone Shakti’ through varied applications and for Drone-As-A-Service (DrAAS). In selected ITIs, in all states, the required courses for skilling, will be started,” said the Finance Minister.
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