"Skill für All - New Approaches to Skilling India" ist eine gemeinsame Aktivität von FICCI und dem Manipal City & Guilds im indischen Bundesstaat Westbengalen. "Skill for All" ist auch das Thema der diesjährigen "India International Trade Fair".
West Bengal Minister says Skills Development is a major challenge
A white paper "Skill for All - New Approaches to Skilling India", a joint effort by FICCI and Manipal City & Guilds is released today by Dr Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay, Minister in Charge, Technical Education and Training, Govt. of West Bengal at an interactive session on skill development at Pragati Maidan. "Skill for All' is also the theme of this years' India International Trade Fair being arranged at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
FICCI in association with the Government of West Bengal, and India Trade Fair Promotion Organization (ITPO) arranged an interactive session on the topic 'Skill Education - New Horizon' at Pragati Maidan Auditorium, New Delhi today.
In his inaugural address Dr Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay, Minister in Charge, Department of Technical Education & Training, Govt. of West Bengal said, "We have already set up a State Level Skill Development Mission under the Chairmanship of the Chief Minister. This will initiate a 'Single window Approach' for imparting skill training and introducing national level curricula, evaluation and certification to improve the employment opportunity of the youth within and outside the state".
He said, "Skill Development is a major challenge that our country is facing. The chasm between population and employment figures of the country suggests that a huge chunk of potential workforce needs to be trained and suitably placed for accomplishing the goal of inclusive growth. A quick look at the national figures indicate that 65 % of the population would be in the working age-group by 2021 and around 80 % of these would have below class 12th level of education. The target of skilling 8 crore people in the 12th plan has been enjoined upon by the Prime Minister’s National Council on Skill Development."
"The target for West Bengal has been pegged at 60 lakh in 2012-17 and 6.4 lakh in 2012-2013. Keeping this target in mind for the short-term and medium-term, we have our job cut out. The Government alone cannot shoulder this responsibility, so it is imperative that we have to look for forging partnerships, with enablers like you all," Dr Chattopadhyay pointed out.
He also informed that the Government of West Bengal is upgrading the existing polytechnics, ITIs and vocational training centers. A flagship scheme is on for security service training and employment-linked skill development programs in hospitality, BPO, IT and ITeS. About 2000 trainees will be skilled every year for garment industry and 8000 students are being trained in CAD/CAM for the manufacturing sector.
Mr John Yates, CEO, Manipal City & Guilds said "India's prosperity depends on skills: developing them is both a shared interest and shared responsibility. So when I hear Skills for All, it's not just everyone being able to receive skills training. It's also about everyone taking responsibility for their own skill development".
The white paper elaborates on five aspects of skills development. Mr B. Bhattacharya, Joint Secretary, Technical Education and Training, Govt. of
West Bengal delivered the welcome address. Mr Arnab Roy, Secretary, School Education, Govt. of WB spoke on the topic 'Gearing up for New Challenges: Higher Education for West Bengal'. Dr. Parijat De, Director of Technical Education and Training, GoWB spoke on 'Developing TVET Sector in West Bengal'. Mr A Aftab, Secretary, Self Help Group and Self Employment, Govt. of WB spoke on the topic 'Role of SHG’s in Skills development'. Mr P Roy, Joint Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Department, Govt. of WB spoke on the topic 'Placement Linked Skill Development Initiative'.
Mr RCM Reddy, Chairman, FICCI Skill Development Forum and MD & CEO of IL&FS Education and Skills elaborated the role of industry in skills development and moderated the session.