Skill Development - scope

Challenges for CPSEs in
Skill Development
Mr. O. P. Khorwal
Consultant, SCOPE
Mr. O. P. Khorwal
At present, GOI is focusing
mainly on unorganized
sectors and a few of the
trades for organized sectors,
such as Auto & Industries,
Building and Constructions,
Electronics & IT, Hardware,
Education, Gems & Jewelry,
Food Processing, Healthcares,
Textile, Tourism etc. while, the
major requirement of skilled
persons is in area of infrastructure
where approximately
103 million skilled people
will be needed by 2022 mainly
in CPSEs and large private
sectors. The skill development
is therefore, a great challenge
to CPSEs for sustaining their
growth.
Government of India has
adopted “skill development”
as national priority
over the next 10 years and
has targeted to contribute to the
Prime Minister’s vision of skilling
500 millions persons by 2022. Out
of the 500 millions of target 350
millions shall be met by the various
Ministries of Government of
India and for the target of balance
150 millions, Govt. of India has
set up a non profit organization
i.e National Skill Development
Corporation (NSDC) for skilling
through public private partnership
(PPP) in the year 2009. It
was needed because to sustain
the growth of Indian economy,
large numbers of skilled persons
would be required. It is really a
challenge for the Government
and for all of us, as the present
education system does not focus
on skilled based training, which
can provide them the adequate
employability, as well as, better
social conditions. According to a
study, 40 percent of persons graduating
from the colleges of India
are not employable as their services
are not of much use to the
employers. This challenge is going
to further increase, as 75 percent
of the new job opportunities
are expected to be skilled based.
To achieve the targets, National
Skill Development Corporation
(NSDC) is aiming to setup 1500
new ITIs and 5000 skill development
centers across the country.
The Ministry of Labour and
Employment has also been entrusted
with the National Council
for Vocational Training (NCVT)
to provide standards and curricula
for the training to be imparted
at ITIs and ITCs. Therefore, steps
are being taken to strengthen the
NCVT structure. However, most
of the ITIs are still functioning
with standard trades such as carpentry,
tailoring, turner, machinist,
plumbing, mobile repair etc.
in order to make the people of
rural area employable.
In view of above, it is difficult to
understand, if it is going to meet
the requirement of the CPSEs
which require skilled force in various
specialized fields. At present,
GOI is focusing mainly on unorganized
sectors and a few of the
trades for organized sectors, such
as Auto & Industries, Building
and Constructions, Electronics &
IT, Hardware, Education, Gems
& Jewelry, Food Processing,
Healthcares, Textile, Tourism etc.
while, the major requirement of
skilled persons is in area of infrastructure
where approximately
103 million skilled people will be
needed by 2022 mainly in CPSEs
and large private sectors. The skill
development is therefore, a great
challenge to CPSEs for sustaining
their growth. This challenge of
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