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Demand Responsive Vocational Training – New Initiatives

Directorate General of Employment and TrainingMinistry of Labour and Employment Government of India

8th August 2014New Delhi

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Structure of presentation

Available pan-India network

New paradigm

o Re-establishing brand equity of ITIs

o ITI-industry partnership framework

o Employment exchange transformed as career centres

o Industry-friendly Apprentices Act

o Employability-focused modular training

Way forward

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Available pan-India network

Network of 11,001 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country with seating capacity of more than 15.52 lakhs

o Approximately 70% of seating capacity in private sector and 30% in Government

ITIs

o Training imparted in 70 engineering and 63 non-engineering trades

Training in ITIs supported by 26 Training of Trainer (ToT) institutes and two specialised

institutes - Central Staff Training & Research Institute (CSTARI), Kolkata for curriculum

development and National Instructional Media Institute (NIMI), Chennai for

development of instructional material

Vocational guidance and employment services provided through 956 Employment

Exchanges across the country

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Re-establishing brand equity of ITIs

Curriculum as revised by Mentor Councils (with representatives from industry,

academia, Champion ITIs, CSTARI and NIMI) in 11 core sectors being implemented

w.e.f. August 2014 session

Incubation Centres (4) and Chairs (5) being set up in premier institutions including IIT-

Chennai, IIT Delhi, IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Roorkee and ISM-Dhanbad

Infrastructure for training of trainers in distance mode being created

Pilot in delivery of ICT courses through Spoken Tutorial project of IIT-Bombay under

progress

Training in semester pattern introduced in ITIs in February 2014

First phase of ITI e-governance portal to be launched in November 2014

E-certification for CTS courses being launched from November 2014

Leadership and Management training of all Government ITI Principals being

conducted in premier management institutions including IIM-Lucknow, MDI-Gurgaon,

IIFT-Delhi, etc.

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ITI-industry partnership framework

Flexible MoUs for running industry-driven courses in ITIs

o Customised industry-led courses with high employment potential (min. 80%)

brought under NCVT certification

o Detailed policy guidelines issued in July 2014 Developing Model ITIs in prominent industry clusters

o Scheme to develop one Government ITI in every State into a Model ITI to deliver

high quality training and develop effective industry relationship

o Aims to improve training quality, increase industry interaction through active

participation in IMC, attract industry to utilise infrastructure for training of its

workforce Urban ITIs to focus on training of unorganised workers

o Additional shifts to be run in ITIs in urban areas for skill upgradation of the

unorganised sector workers

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Employment exchanges transformed as career centres - objectives

Assess skills requirements at local, regional, national and international levels

Provide counselling both to youth visiting the centres and by outreach to educational

institutions about various training, on-the-job training and job opportunities, etc.

Youth from rural, semi urban areas as well as from disadvantaged sections of the

society to get information on training/employment options

Connect job-seekers and employers through portal, job fairs and other mean such as

campus placement

General gap training for college pass outs through specially empanelled training

providers

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Employment exchanges transformed as career centres – salient features

50 Model Career Centres to be established; few VRCs will also be transformed into

Model Career Centres for PwDs. Central support of about Rs 50 lakh each.

States given flexibility to choose model for operating career centres (State funding,

PPP-Industry Association Sponsorship/Company Sponsorship/Pvt. Owned/Partial

Ownership, CSR funds, etc.)

Portal for effectively delivering services of NCS being developed; advertising job &

vacancy postings, training calendar & scheduler, content on career options, candidate

registration & tracking, skill assessment and aptitude testing interfaces, etc.

National number based call centre and helpdesk will also be integrated into NCS

Capacity building programs for employment exchange officers to be conducted

Outcome-based monitoring - No. of candidates/ schools provided counselling; no. of

candidates placed through various channels; job fairs conducted, etc.

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Industry-friendly Apprentices Act

Regime of fixing seats for every trade being abolished; a band of 2.5-10% at

establishment level envisaged

Demand based new trades, other than designated trades, may be undertaken by

establishment

Non-engineering graduates/diploma holders also eligible for apprenticeship

Penalties and inspections reduced and made exception-based; no imprisonment

Ease in compliance through portal

Establishments operating in four or more States to be managed centrally

Small industries can aggregate apprentices through approved third parties; outsource

basic training

Stipend to be indexed to semi skilled wages; Proposal to support MSMEs

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Employability-focused modular training

SDI scheme being modified to provide for

o Modules with soft skill for youth/school drop out; placement tracking

o Skill upgradation modules for existing work force, special focus on modern

construction technologies

o Special programme for RPL in construction sector through cess fund

o Proposal for self-financed special modules with NCVT certification for sectoral gap

training

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Way forward

Leadership models for Industry-ITI-Career Centre collaboration

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Enhancing employability of and entrepreneurship in youth

Upgradation of skills of existing workforce

Mainstreaming informal skills

Meeting the emerging skill needs of industry

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Thank You

Directorate General of Employment & TrainingMinistry of Labour and Employment, Govt. of India

Shram Shakti Bhawan, 2 & 4 Rafi Marg, New Delhi-1

Phone: 011-23710446