National skill qualification framework faces a lot of administrative challenges and requires further reforms to upgrade and develop skills of youth effectively in the country. Examine (200 Words )
Refer - The Hindu
Enrich the answer from other sources, if the question demands.
IAS Parliament 6 years
KEY POINTS
The National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) organizes qualifications according to a series of levels of knowledge, skills and aptitude. The NSQF is a quality assurance framework. This will enable a person to acquire desired competency levels, transit to the job market and, at an opportune time, return for acquiring additional skills to further upgrade their competencies..
Administrative challenges of NSQF
· There is no clear definition of the course curriculum within the NSQF that enables upward mobility. There is no connection of the tertiary level vocational courses to prior real knowledge of theory or practical experience in a vocational field, making alignment with the NSQF meaningless.
· Efforts to introduce new Bachelor of Vocation and Bachelor of Skills courses were made, but the alignment of these UGC-approved Bachelor of Vocation courses was not complete. There is less real alignment between the Human Resource Development Ministry (responsible for the school level and Bachelor of Vocation courses) and the Ministry of Skill Development (responsible for non-school/non-university-related vocational courses).
· Too many Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) anchoring skill courses, the representation of their core work was done by the other SSCs. For example, we have four SSCs for manufacturing: iron and steel, strategic manufacturing, capital goods, and, infrastructure equipment. In effect these are treated as one in World Skills courses.
· The SSC courses were not comprehensive enough for students to compete. Most of their NSDC-SSC- approved training does not produce students who can showcase “holistic” skills for broad occupational groups in such competitions. We are lacking comprehensive platform to exhibit the skills of the youth.
Needed reforms
· Sectors should be consolidated in line with the National Industrial Classification of India. This will improve quality, ensure better outcomes, strengthen the ecosystem, and help in directly assessing the trainee’s competence. It might also bring some coherence to our skills data collection system.
· India could learn a lesson from Germany, which imparts skills in just 340 occupation groups.
· Vocational education must be imparted in broadly defined occupational skills, so that if job descriptions change over a youth’s career, they will be able to adapt to changing technologies and changing job roles.
· Skill India needs a sharp realignment, if India is to perform well in the World Skills competition.
Sandeep 6 years
Kindly review
IAS Parliament 6 years
Good
answer. Keep Writing.
Nandadeep 6 years
Please review.thanks
IAS Parliament 6 years
Good aanswer. Keep Writing
