Berufsbildung als Basis für die persönliche Karriere promoten, Berufsbildung neu definieren und Berufsbildung flexibel, modern und wirtschaftsnah umgestalten - das forderte der Generaldirektor der National Skill Development Agency bei einer Veranstaltung des indischen Industrieverbandes CII.
"Vocational Education and Training (VET) is an important element of the nation's education initiative. In order for Vocational Education to play its part effectively in the changing national context and for India to enjoy the fruits of the demographic dividend, there is an urgent need to redefine the critical elements of imparting vocational education and training to make them flexible, contemporary, relevant, inclusive and creative. The need of the hour is not just a broad based school or college education, but industry specific domain knowledge and skill. Vocational Education should be promoted as Career Education," said Mr J P Rai, Director General, National Skill Development Agency, GoI . He was addressing Northern Regional Skills Summit-Skilling for Employability and Growth organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry at New Delhi, today.
"Vocational Skills Training can empower the unskilled pool of youth with a better future and career prospects. Until some years earlier, ITIs represented vocational training in India. The country went on a high growth path, which has opened up career opportunities in various new sectors. These industries need trained manpower to cater to their growth and their requirements are beyond the capabilities of a formal ITI system. Some of these main segments are Retail, Banking & Financial Services, Hospitality, Security, Hair & Beauty Care, English Learning etc", he added.
Citing example of Chinese vocational education system, Dr Santosh Mehrotra, Director General, IAMR (Institute of Applied Manpower Research) said, "Unlike the Indian Education System, Chinese vocational education system is strongly rooted in school education. They are able to create centres of skills development training more than 10,000 students annually. We need to adopt a similar model in India."
Highlighting role of DGET (Directorate General of Employment & Training) in shaping the future of vocational training in India, Mr Alok Kumar, Director General, DGET, "DGET is playing an integral role in increasing institutional capacity which is the backbone for industry. DGET is improving all PPP schemes to achieve excellence. Curriculum revisions are important and are in process in shall be ready by June. Revamping examination system and addressing mobility issues in ITI system is being looked into."
Mr Vijay K Thadani, Chairman, CII NR Special Task Force on Skills & Education said that "The visibility of skills development has to be the single most important priority. Also, Quality in skills training needs improvement. We need to boost financing options for skill development and adopt global best practices."
He also appreciated the role of National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) and DGET for their efforts in redefining vocational education in India.