Skills Development

India is one of the few countries in the world where the working age population will be far in excess of those dependent on them and, as per the World Bank, this will continue for at least three decades till 2040. This has increasingly been recognized as a potential source of significant strength for the national economy, provided we are able to equip and continuously upgrade the skills of the population in the working age group. In recognition of this need, the Government of India has adopted skill development as a national priority over the next 10 years. The Eleventh Five Year Plan detailed a road-map for skill development in India, and favoured the formation of Skill Development Missions, both at the State and National levels. To create such an institutional base for skill development in India at the national level, a "Coordinated Action on Skill Development" with three-tier institutional structure consisting of the PM's National Council on Skill Development, the National Skill Development Coordination Board (NSDCB) and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) was created in early 2008.

The main functions of the PM's National Council on Skill Development are as under:

  • To lay down overall broad policy objectives, financing and governance models and strategies relating to skill development.
  • To review the progress of schemes, and guide on mid-course corrections, additions and closure of parts or whole of any particular programme/scheme. Coordinate Public Sector / Private Sector Initiatives in a framework of collaborative action.

The NSDCB coordinates the skill development efforts of a large number of Central Ministries/Departments and States. The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is a Public Private Partnership, set up to catalyze the setting-up of large scale, for-profit sustainable vocational institutions in the country, by encouraging private sector participation and providing low-cost funding for training capacity. In addition, it is expected to fund supporting systems such as quality assurance, labor market information systems and train-the-trainer facilities. Thus, the three-tier structure together facilitates implementation of skill development on the ground through three main channels - Central Ministries, the state governments and private and public training organizations.

The objective of Skill Development is to create a workforce empowered with the necessary and continuously upgraded skills, knowledge and internationally recognized qualifications to gain access to decent employment and ensure India's competitiveness in the dynamic global market. It aims at increasing the productivity and employability of workforce (wage and self-employed) both in the organized and the unorganized sectors. It seeks increased participation of youth, women, disabled and other disadvantaged sections and to synergize efforts of various sectors and reform the present system with the enhanced capability to adapt to changing technologies and labour market demands. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO) "Skill Development is of key importance in stimulating a sustainable development process and can make a contribution in facilitating the transition from an informal to formal economy. It is also essential to address the opportunities and challenges to meet new demands of changing economies and new technologies in the context of globalization." Skills development can help build a "virtuous circle" in which the quality and relevance of education and training for women and men fuels the innovation, investment, technological change, enterprise development, economic diversification and competitiveness that economies need to accelerate the creation of more jobs.

Courses under Skill Development Initiative Schemes (SDIS) based on Modular Employable Skills

Sl.No

MES Course Code

Sector

Minimum Qualification

1

BAN101(Accounting)

BANKING & ACCONTING

12th

2

BAN202(Banking Associate)

BANKING & ACCONTING

12th+BAN101

3

BAN103(Banking Sales Representative)

BANKING & ACCONTING

10th

4

BAN104(Mutual Fund Associate)

BANKING & ACCONTING

10th

5

BSC101(Small Office/Home office coordinator)

Business and Commerce

Graduation

6

BSC102(Junior Marketing Associate)

Business and Commerce

Graduation

7

BSC103(Junior Human resource Associate)

Business and Commerce

Graduation

8

BSC104(Junior Finance Associate)

Business and Commerce

Graduation

9

BSC205(Small Office/Home office entrepreneur)

Business and Commerce

Graduation+BSC101

10

BSC206(Marketing Associate)

Business and Commerce

Graduation+BSC102

11

BSC207(Human resource Associate)

Business and Commerce

Graduation +BSC103

12

BSC208(Finance Associate)

Business and Commerce

Graduation+BSC104

13

SS101(Soft Skill for Baseline Staff in service Sector)

Soft Skill

5th

14

ICT101(Computer Fundamentals and MS Office and Internet)

Information and Communication Technology

8th

15

ICT209(Web Designing)

Information and Communication Technology

10th+ICT101+203

16

ICT112(Fundamentals of JAVA programming Language SL110)

Information and Communication Technology

12th

17

ICT129(Behavioral Basics)

Information and Communication Technology

10th

18

ICT231(JAVA Programming Language-SL 275 Advanced)

Information and Communication

10th+ICT112

       

Governing Bodies

Directorate General of Employment & Training (DGET) 
Madhya Pradesh Council for Vocational Education & Training | MPCVET
National Skill Development Corporation
National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation

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