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Vocational Training Under DIRECTORATE
GENERAL of EMPLOYMENT TRAINING MINISTRY OF
LABOUR EMPLOYMENT
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Challenges

• As per 61st round of NSSO survey, 12.8 m (Usual
  Status Basis ) labour force enters the market
  every year
• Vocational Training infrastructure caters to the
  training needs of only 2.5 m - 1 m by DGET and
  1.5 m by 11 other Ministries and Departments
• Vocationally trained workforce only 5(One of
  the lowest in the world)
• Productivity of the Indian worker is one of the
  lowest- US 3.05 per person per hour
• Most of the 93 of workforce which is in the
  unorganized sector doesnt have access to formal
  vocational training.

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Role of DGET

• Policy formulation on VT
• Laying down standards
• Revise course curricula
• Granting affiliation
• Trade testing
• Certification

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Advisory Bodies

• Central Govt.
• NCVT
• CAC
• State Govt.
• SCVT
• SAC

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Preservice VT Programmes

• Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS)- Unskilled to
  semiskilled
• Number of ITIs 5488 (Govt.-1922
  Pvt.- 3566)
• Seating Capacity 7.85 lakh
• Number of trades 110
• Duration 6 months to 3 years
• Entry Qualification 8th to 12th Std.
• Age 14 to 40 years

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Preservice VT Programmes

• Apprenticeship Training Scheme (ATS)- semiskilled
  
• to skilled i.e. shop floor training
• Establishments Covered 23,800
• Trades 158
• Seats Located 2.53 lakh
• Duration of the Courses 6 months - 4 years
• Entry Qualification 8-12th Std.
  ITI pass
• Age 14
  years

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Deficiencies in the VT in India

• Mismatch between skills required by the industry
  and skills produced by NVTS.
• Limited financial support by the State
  Governments.
• The system caters mainly to the needs of
  organized manufacturing sector which represents
  less than 7 of the total workforce.
• Shortage of trained instructors
• Upgradation of infrastructure has not kept pace
  with the technological development
• Lack of adequate industry interface

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Recent Initiatives by DGET

• Upgradation of infrastructure in 500 Govt. ITIs-
  100 Domestic funded and 400 World Bank assisted.
• The objective of the scheme is to upgrade the
  existing ITIs in to Centres of Excellence
  (CoE) for producing multi skilled workforce of
  world standard at a cost of Rs 1741
  crore(Domestic Rs 160 cr. WB Rs 1581 cr.).
• Close involvement of industry in training by
  forming Institute Management Committees with
  Industry partner as Chairman.

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Recent Initiatives by DGET

• Upgradation of 1396 ITIs in PPP mode
• Upgradation of 1396 remaining Government ITIs in
  Public Private Partnership mode at a cost of Rs
  3600 crore.
• A lead industry partner involved in upgradation
  of ITI.
• Assistance in gainful employment by setting up of
  placement bureau in ITIs.

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Recent Initiatives by DGET

• Modular Employable Skills under
• Skill Development Initiative
• Demand driven short term training courses based
  on Modular Employable Skills (MES) decided in
  consultation with Industry.
• Central government will facilitate and promote
  training while industry, private sector and State
  Governments will train the persons.
• Optimum utilisation of existing infrastructure
• Flexible delivery mechanism
• Testing of skills of trainees by independent
  assessing bodies

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Recent Initiatives by DGET

• (i) North Eastern States
• Estt. of 22 New ITIs
• Upgradation of 35 Existing ITIs
• Total Project Cost Rs. 100 Cr
• Increase in intake capacity - 8900 seats
• ii) Jammu Kashmir
• Estt. of one Women ITI at Jammu
• Upgradation of 37 Existing ITIs
• Total Project Cost Rs. 37 Cr
• Increase in intake capacity - 1836 seats

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Suggested Reforms

• Introduction of following in existing training
  system
• Communication Skills
• Basic Computer skills
• Proficiency in English
• Entrepreneurship Development Progranmmes

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Suggested Reforms

• Industry exposure of trainees and trainers
• Inclusion of new trades in CTS and ATS
• Training of trainers in big way
• Running 2-3 shifts
• Development of National Web Portal
• National qualification framework to allow upward
  mobility
• Placement Bureaus in all ITIs/ ITCs
• Independent assessment machinery
• Continuous skill mapping

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National Skill Development Mission
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Our Vision

• Increase skilled workforce from 5 to about 50
  by 2021
• Increase the training capacity by five times
• Increase the productivity of Indian Worker from
  US 3 per person per hour to US 20 by 2021.
• Increase trades for training from 110 to 2000 by
  2021
• Improve quality of training for higher
  employability productivity of worker by fixing
  KPIs for each ITI.
• Cover unorganised sector workers also in our
  formal training umbrella

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