Skill development in India needs to be revamped to reap the benefits of the Demographic Dividend. What are the major impediments? Recommend measures to overcome it. (200 Words)
Refer-The Indian Express
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IAS Parliament 6 years
KEY POINTS
Impediments in Skilling youths
· There were very few who support vocational education, primarily due to deep-rooted social prejudices against working with one’s hands as it is considered lowly and demeaning.
· Lack of Cooperation and Communication with other ministries related to skill development.Eg: Ministry of Skill Development Enterprise at the launch of Skill India in 2015 made no mention of the Ministry of Human Resources Development as a partner.
· Skill India has also been afflicted by insufficient industry partners and the failure to attract genuine skill knowledge providers.
· Lack of horizontal integration with Ministries, State Governments, Industry partners.
· Inadequate industry interfaces in vocational education and training system.
Measures for Skilling youths
· The university system in vocational education can bring in uniformity throughout the country in terms of enforcing the National Occupation Standards and National Skill Qualification Framework.
· Creation of National Skills University.
· Certification of skills training in India must be standardised, in order to ensure the quality of delivery and trust among employers.
· A long-term skill development strategy must account for persistent gender gaps in training and labour force participation rate.
Nandadeep 6 years
Please review.thanks
IAS Parliament 6 years
Good attempt.KeepWriting.
