The document discusses India's need to develop skills among its large workforce in order to sustain economic growth. It notes that most of India's workforce has low levels of education and skills and is employed in low-paying sectors like agriculture. While India has the second largest workforce globally, there are still labor shortages in many skilled fields. The document outlines India's plan in the 12th Five Year Plan to address this "skills paradox" through expanding training programs, increasing training capacity, improving coordination between sectors, and setting up a national skills agency to improve quality and relevance of training. The goal is to skill 50 million people during the 12th Plan period and 9 million people in 2013-14 specifically.

1. SKILL DEVELOPMENT
The Vision and Strategy of the 12th
Plan

2. "Vision is the art of seeing the invisible."
— Jonathan Swift

3. Skilling India – The Paradox and the
Challenge
• In order for India to grow at 8 per cent or
more India needs upgradation of knowledge
and skills of its youth and its labourforce
• In 2009-10, according to NSSO Survey 29% of
the labourforce was not literate and 24 per
cent had education upto primary level
• 65 per cent of the workforce is employed in
low paid agriculture and construction sector
requiring low level of skills

4. Skilling India – The Paradox and the
Challenge (cont…)
• India has the second highest labourforce in
the world but still labour shortage in jobs
ranging from welding, plumbing, technicians,
paramedics to engineers, IT professionals, etc.
• Only 10 per cent of the workforce has
vocational training compared to 96% in Korea,
80% in Japan, 75% in Germany and 68% in UK
• Many trained/educated youth are
unemployable

5. Skilling India – The Paradox and the Challenge
(cont…)
Unemployment Rates among Diploma- Undergraduates
• Technical degree – 21.4%
• Agri – 22.6%
• Engineer/technician – 25.7%
• Medicine – 10.7%
Unemployment Rates among Diploma – Graduates and
Above
• Technical degree – 36.5%
• Engineer/technician – 30.2%
• Medicine – 15.9%

6. Strategy in the 12th Plan
• Enhancing capacity of training institutions
both in the Government as well as in the
private sector in relevant skills
• Developing standards for training curriculum
and upgrading these to meet the dynamic job
market conditions
• Creating convergence between school
education and vocational/technical training
streams

7. Strategy in the 12th Plan (cont…)
• Developing quality assurance framework
through examinations and certification as well
as affiliations and accreditation
• Bringing together and synergising the training
efforts of Central Government, State
Governments, Private Sector, NGOs, etc.
through a National Agency
• Developing labour market information system
for informed policy action

8. What are the different modes of
imparting skill training?
• Institution based skill development and training through:
– Industrial Training Institutes
– Vocational Schools/Vocation Education in Schools
– Technical Schools
– Polytechnics
– Professional Colleges and Universities
• Sectoral Training Schemes of Ministries/Deptts.
• Training by enterprises including Apprenticeship training
• Training through Sector Skill Councils of the NSDC and private service
providers
• Training through initiatives of private business, business houses and
industry associations

9. What are the different modes of imparting
skill training? (cont…)
• Non-formal training civil society organizations,
etc.
• Training passed on as a family or community
trade
• E-learning, web-based learning and distance
learning through Government and Universities

10. New Initiatives proposed in the 12th
Plan
• Increasing training capacity in Government institutions as
well as the private sector
• Making training relevant to job market
• Setting up the National Skill Development Agency for better
coordination of diverse and fragmented training efforts
• Putting in place the National Vocational Qualification
framework for ensuring that vocational qualifications meet
quality standards
• Validating training process through accreditation of training
providers/institutions, research and information.

11. New Initiatives proposed in the 12th Plan
• Encouraging public-private partnership in skill
development on a larger scale
• Strengthening the National Skill Development
Corporation and Sector Skills Councils
• Extending the outreach to more areas and
socially disadvantaged groups
• Using IT based systems for career planning
and opening Career and Counselling Window
in Employment Exchanges

12. Strengthening Private Initiative through NSDC
• NSDC is a public private initiative to develop
relevant skills, particularly in the unorganised
sector through Sector Skills Councils, training
of trainer programmes, international
outreach, connecting with organisations,
Labour Market Information System, NVQF, etc.

13. Strengthening Private Initiative through NSDC
(cont…)
• Around 20 SSCs formed with the objective:
• to reduce skills gaps and shortages
• to improve productivity
• to boost the skills of their sector workforces
• Major sectors needing skilling:
• Building and construction
• Organised Retail
• Auto
• IT and ITES
• Health Care
• Textiles and Clothing
• Banking, Financial Services and Insurance Industry

14. Major Universal Skilling Programmes
of the Government
• Craftsman Training Scheme
– run by MOLE through Govt. ITI s and ITCs with
reservation of 25% for women and 3% for physically
handicapped
• Apprenticeship Training Programme
– Run by MOLE for trade apprentices and HRD
Ministry for graduate apprentices
• Modular Employable Skill Scheme
– Run by MOLE for skill upgradation including
recognition of prior learning for school dropouts

15. Sectoral Skilling Programmes of the
Government
• Hunar se Rozgar Scheme
– Implemented by Ministry of Tourism through Institutes of Hotel
Management, Food Craft Institutes and ITDC for skilling youth
for the hospitality sector
• Integrated Skill Development Scheme
– Implemented by Ministry of Textiles for handicrafts, handlooms,
sericulture, jute, technical textiles, etc.
• Entrepreneurial Skill Development Programme
– Implemented by Ministry of Medium, Small and Micro
Enterprises for providing skill to technicians, techno-managerial
skills and catering to disadvantaged groups in remote areas

16. Sectoral Skilling Programmes of the
Government (cont…)
• Tool Rooms
– Implemented by Ministry of MSME to provide
technical upgradation and good quality tooling
through courses ranging from short term courses for
school dropouts to long term courses in post graduate
diploma in tool design and CAD and CAM
• Rural Self Employment Training Institutes
– Implemented by Ministry of Rural Development to
develop micro enterprises through Entrepreneur
Development Programme (EDP), apprenticeship
programme, etc.

17. Specific Target Oriented Skilling
Programmes
• Aajeevika / National Rural Livelihood Mission
Programme
– Implemented by Ministry of Rural Development the
programme is focussed on placement driven skilling of BPL
rural youth
• Parvaaz
– Implemented by Ministry of Rural Development the
programme provides education and skills to minority youth
school dropouts
• Himayat
– Implemented by Ministry of Rural Development this is a
placement driven skilling programme for the youth in
Jammu and Kashmir

18. Specific Target Oriented Skilling
Programmes (cont…)
• UDAAN
– Implemented by NSDC, the programme focusses
on training students in J&K in retail, IT, BPO, etc.
• Support to Training and Employment
Programme for Women (STEP)
– Implemented by the Ministry of Woman and Child
Development the scheme targets marginalised,
asset less women in viable group activities

19. Specific Target Oriented Programmes (cont…)
• Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana
– Implemented by Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty
Alleviation the scheme targets BPL population with focus
on women and SC/ST beneficiaries for enhancing capacity
to undertake self-employment and better salaried
employment
• Skill Development in 34 Districts affected by Left
Wing Extremism
– Implemented by MOLE the programme gives long
term and short term skills to youth in LWE afftected
districts through newly created ITI s and Skill
Development Centres

20. Realizing the 12th Plan Vision
Medium term vision:
• Target of skilling 50 million persons during the
12th Plan
Short term vision:
• Skilling 9 million persons during 2013-14

21. “…the miracle is in the unfolding of the wings.
You may not know where you're going, but you
know that so long as you spread your wings,
the winds will carry you.” ― C. JoyBell C.
May the winds of change carry the youth and
this country to greater heights….