1. 1 SKILL DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES AND RECENT INITIATIVES DIRECTORATE GENERAL of EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

2. 2 Skill Development Infrastructure in the country i)Under Ministry of Labour & Employment a) Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) Number of ITIs/ITCs : 6079 (Govt.-1960 & Pvt.- 4119) Seating Capacity : 0.83 million Number of trades: 110 b) Apprenticeship Training Scheme (ATS) Establishments : 23,800 Capacity : 0.25 million Trades : 187 ii) Under other Ministries and Departments Capacity : 1.5 million Total Capacity : 2.6 million

3. 3 Challenges Quantitative Entry into labour force – 12.8 million / Year Training Capacity – 2.6 million / year Gap - 10.2 million / year Shortage of trainers Qualitative Supply Demand mismatch Quality of Trainers Low Industry participation

4. Strategy and Recent Initiatives (A)Upgradation of Existing Institutions (B)Development of Modular Employment Skills (C)Set up new Institutions 4

5. 5 (A1) Upgradation of 500 Govt. ITIs 100 Domestically funded and 400 World Bank assisted – at a cost of US $ 435 million. Closer involvement of industry by forming an Institute Management Committee (IMC) headed by an Industry representative. IMC given financial and academic powers to help run the institute. Multiskilling courses- Broad Based Basic Training in Ist year. Advanced training in next 6 months followed by specialized training in the industry for 6 months. Multi-entry, multi-exit options Upgradation of Existing Institutions

6. 6 Cost - US $ 887 million 300 ITIs to be taken up every year from 2007-08 to 2010-11 and remaining in 2011-12. An Industry Partner(IP) is associated with each ITI. IMC is constituted with IP or its representative as Chairperson, registered as a Society & given financial & academic autonomy. Interest free loan of upto US $ 625000 is given directly to IMC and is to be repaid by it in 30 years. Interest free loan of US $ 187 million released to 300 ITIs during 2007-08. (A2) Upgradation of 1396 Govt. ITIs through Public Private Partnership

7. (A3)Strengthening of training infrastructure in NE States & J&K (i) North Eastern States – Estt. of 25 New ITIs – Upgradation of 35 Existing ITIs – Total Project Cost - US $ 28 million – Increase in intake capacity from 7,244 to 16,144 seats ii) Jammu & Kashmir – Estt. of one Women ITI at Jammu – Upgradation of 37 Existing ITIs – Total Project Cost - US $ 10 million – Increase in intake capacity from 4,364 to 6,200 seats 7

8. 8 Cost - US $ 137 million Target – 1 million in five years and therafter one million every year Demand driven short term training courses based on Modular Employable Skills (MES) decided in consultation with Industry – till now 308 courses notified. Flexible delivery mechanism (part time, weekends, full time, onsite/ offsite) to suit various target groups. Testing of skills of trainees by independent assessing bodies other than VTPs. Certification by NCVT (B)Skill Development Initiative Scheme

9. 9 Establishment of 1,500 new ITIs. Establishment of 50,000 Skill Development Centres. Total capacity 10 million per annum Setting up of PM National Council on Skill Development Setting up National Skill Development coordination Board. Formulating National Skill Development Corporation with a corpus of US $ 3.75 billion. (C) Setting up of New Institutions

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