The document discusses India's lag in vocational skills programs compared to other countries and outlines plans to address this gap. It notes that only 4.8% of Indian students are in vocational education at the Class 12 level compared to 50-65% in other countries. Wadhwani Foundation's Skills Colleges Initiative aims to create 3 million seats for vocational education by working with the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework to develop industry-aligned curriculum and train faculty. Several pilot programs in partnership with government and industry are underway across states to demonstrate models for job-driven vocational education.

1. Plugging
the
voca/onal
educa/on
gap
in
India
Industry
driven
skill
development
serving
global
demand
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2. India
lags
behind
in
voca/onal
skills
programs:
Sweet
spot
for
India’s
growing
economy
and
global
demand
Gross
Enrolment
Ra/o
for
Higher
Educa/on
100.0%
81%
80.0%
49%
54%
60.0%
27%
31%
40.0%
19%
12.4%
13%
20.0%
0.0%
%
of
students
in
voca/onal
educa/on
at
Class
12
Level
Source
:
Vital
Stats:
Higher
Educa>on
in
India,
65%
70.0%
PRS
Legisla>ve
Research,
Oct
2010
60.0%
50%
50%
46%
50.0%
40%
40.0%
India’s target : 21% GER by 2017 30.0%
(12th Five Year Plan) 20.0%
4.8%
10.0%
0.0%
India
Japan
US
UK
China
Germany
Source
:
MHRD
NVEQF
&
Planning
Commission
SCHE
presenta>ons
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3. Wadhwani
Founda/on’s
(WF)
Skills
Colleges
Ini/a/ve:
Enabling
faster,
cheaper,
be<er
pathway
to
higher
educa=on
7
Million
students
pass
Degree
Colleges
12th
class
each
year
Join
Degree
2.5MM,
Who
Opportunity
for
36%
don't
do
employment
driven,
Degrees
accessible,
affordable
GAP
4.5MM,
short-­‐cycle
educa/on
64%
Polytechnic,
VETs
From
MHRD
Site
2007-­‐08
NSDC,
ITI,
etc.
Lower
Enrollment
Degree
course
aren’t:
• Affordable:
Fees
,
Long
DuraOon
NGO’s,
• Accessible:
Proximity,
Admission
VETs
• Employable
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4. Skills
Colleges
Mission:
Crea=ng
“world-­‐class”
voca=onal
educa=on
capacity
for
3MM
NVEQF
Full
Degree
Program
Level
7
Year1
Year2
Year3
NVEQF
L1
L2
L3
L4
Full
DEGREE
NVEQF
L6
BA,
BSc,
BCom
Assoc.
Deg
High
School
Industry
Year2
Employment
IX
|
X
|
XI
|
XII
NVEQF
L5
Sem3-­‐>Sem4
Class12
Diploma
Pass
Year1
Sem1-­‐>
Sem2
Schools,
Colleges,
VET
Providers
Industry
Curriculum
&
Faculty
Technology
Drivers
Courseware
Development
Enablement
Capacity
Building
Services
Working
with
NVEQF*
which
provides
a
umbrella
structure
and
en//es
to
enable
this
*NVEQF:
NaOonal
VocaOonal
EducaOon
QualificaOon
Framework
driven
by
Govt.
of
India
to
mainstream
Skills
Development.
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5. WF
nurturing
NVEQF
implementa/ons:
Easing
barrier
for
delivery
ins=tutes
in
crea=ng
and
deploying
programs
based
on
the
new
paradigms
States
Govt.
of
India
Industry
PPP
NSDC
NVEQF
SSCs
SSCs
SSCs
Framework
and
Guidelines
Job
Specs
and
Standards
Requirements
Industry
Hires/
Curriculum/
Feedback
Content
Dev.
WF
Cycle
of
NVEQF
Capacity
Building
WF
Support
Implementa/on
Services
Faculty
Assessment
Training
Student
EducaOon
Delivery
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6. WF
commibed
to
seed
Na/onal
Knowledge
Network:
Implementa=on
support
services
to
jump-­‐start
Ins=tutes
with
curriculum,
faculty
training
and
best-­‐prac=ces
NVEQF
SSCs
SSCs
SSCs
Framework
and
Guidelines
Job
Specs
and
Standards
NSKN
(Na/onal
Skill
Knowledge
Network)
PPP
with
Government,
WF,
others
INDUSTRY
FACULTY
TECH.
INPUT/OUTPUT
INDUSTRY
CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT
PLATFORM
ASSESSMENTS
CONNECT
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7. WF
Partnerships:
Non-­‐profit
Partner
of
Choice
for
Voca=onal
Educa=on
(NVEQF)
Capacity
Building
and
co-­‐funding
with
Government/Others
Industry
Educa/on
Central
Departments
Sector
Skill
Councils
–
IT,
Central
AutomoOve,
Security,
Retail
Bodies
States
Individual
EnOOes
Global
AACC
CollaboraOon
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8. Key
pilots
under
way
Strong
Partnerships
to
design
and
demonstrate
successful
models
for
job-­‐driven
educa=on
• First
Pilot
for
NVEQF
in
naOon
• Central
VocaOonal
EducaOon
InsOtute
• 40
Schools
in
8
districts
reaching
• Capacity
Building
Support
for
NVEQF
~6000
students
• Jointly
Co-­‐fund,
Develop
and
Accredit
• Co-­‐funded
by
MHRD,
Haryana
&
WF
Curriculum/courseware,
Teacher
• WF
driving
Content,
TTT,
Technology,
Development,
Technology,
etc.
Project
Management
• Global
best-­‐pracOce
partnership
• State
Governance
System
• Curriculum
and
Courseware
Dev
• Faculty
Development,
etc.
• BPO
Industry-­‐Academia
Partnership
• Faculty
Development
InsOtute
• Unique
“Hire-­‐Train-­‐Intern-­‐Place”
model
• ImplementaOon
through
Jindal
• TargeOng
500
12th
Class
Pass
students
Community
Colleges
• Addressing
RecruiOng,
Training
and
• Global
best-­‐pracOce
partnership
ApriOon
issues
• NaOonal
capacity
building
in
• WF
Program
Managing
Development
AutomoOve,
ConstrucOon
and
Delivery
of
job-­‐driven
model
InstrucOonal
content,
delivery
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9. Further
programs
under
discussion
Working
with
Govt.
and
Private
Partners
to
promote
robust
models
• Collaborate
on
State
Center
of
• Other
States
like
Assam,
Karnataka
-­‐
Excellence
for
VocaOonal
Training
Support
for
NVEQF
and
other
• Support
for
NVEQF
Pilot
programs
being
insOtuted
for
mainstreaming
skill
development
• Collaborate
on
Teacher
Training
and
• Help
develop
concept
and
defining
evaluaOng
InternaOonal
Partners/Model
community
college
model
adapted
for
India
• Skills
Connect
&
Surveys
• Regional
Knowledge
Hub
• SimulaOon
based
training
Enablement
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10. Plan
for
scale-­‐up:
Establish
working
design
through
pilots;
Validate
best-­‐
prac=ces
in
self-­‐learning
systems;
then
scale
up
Design
Phase
1:
Validate
Phase
2:
Scale
Now
to
2012
2012-­‐2014
2014
onwards
• Sign
EducaOon
Partners
• Proof
of
concept
Pilots
with
key
• Build
structured,
self-­‐learning
• Curriculum,
TTT,
Tech.
partners/states
NSKN
infrastructure
and
offerings
• IniOate
curriculum/content;
TTT
• Integrate
these
comonents
into
• Expand
to
more
States/
with
Haryana,
MC/JE,
etc.
holisOc
naOonal
program
InsOtutes/
Industry
Sectors
• Mobilize
other
key
States
• Robust,
effecOve
curriculum
• Build
on
success;
insOtuOonalize
(W.B.,
Assam,
Karnataka,
etc.)
dev.
and
teacher
training
organizaOon
&
processes
• Help
define
Community
College
• Establish
NaOonal
PPP
-­‐
NSKN
• 5
–
10
years
model
for
India
Goal:
A
structured,
self-­‐sustaining
NSKN
that
enables
successful
implementa/ons
and
mainstreaming
of
NVEQF
across
levels
na/onwide
10
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11. This
innova/on
in
educa/on
will
benefit
all:
Students,
Colleges,
Industry,
Government
Stem
dropouts
Game
changer
for
Job
seekers
and
Industry
producOvity
Reduce
knowledge
worker
deficit
Cheaper
Faster
Beper
• Half
the
Cost
• Half
the
Time
• Twice
the
Employability
• VerOcal
mobility
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12. THANK YOU
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2010
Wadhwani
FoundaOon,
All
rights
reserved
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