Die indische Regierung unter Narendra Modi plant ein Berufsbildungsgesetz und die Verknüpfung von Berufsbildung und Höherer Bildung. Die berufliche Bildung soll ein Motor für Produktivität und Unternehmertum werden. Außerdem soll die Skill Development Initiative (SDI) reformiert werden und in Kürze sollen weitere Industrial Training Institutes öffnen.
Centre looking to revamp vocational training
Keeping up with the BJP's pledge to take up development of skill in 'mission
mode', the Narendra Modi Government plans to come up with a separate law on
vocational training, to integrate it with higher education and make it a
'dynamic' vehicle to spur productivity and entrepreneurship.
Furthermore, the Skill Development Initiative (SDI) is being revamped and
Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) will soon be opened in uncovered
blocks.
"A total of 1,500 ITIs are being set up right away in
public-private partnership mode. The States concerned have been already
approached to expedite land lease agreements," Labour Secretary Gauri Kumar said
at the State Labour Minister's meet here.
From August 15,
admissions to ITIs could be done online, she said. Also, revamped ITI courses
would begin from August this year, for which the Government was already signing
flexi-MoUs to address the specific needs of industry, the Labour Secretary
added.
Kumar said that a new version of SDI would be in place
soon, and funds under it would now flow directly into State Budgets, according
to the Finance Ministry's directive.
"Our focus is on raising
employability of workers in the informal sector, especially in construction,"
she said, adding that a dedicated SDI portal was also being set up to facilitate
States.
Referring to a World Bank report that found SDI becoming
a 'big ticket' item for parking corporate investments in some States, Kumar said
the Ministry was contemplating setting up a 24x7 call centre to track
placements.
New Employment Policy
Meanwhile, the Government has kick-started the process of formulating a
National Employment Policy. On June 16, the Labour Ministry shot off letters to
various departments, seeking feedback by June 30.
In the letter,
the Labour Secretary, noting the 'jobless growth' in the last decade (of UPA
rule), said, "Growth of the economy at an annual rate of 8 per cent was
accompanied by a dismal growth rate in jobs of below 1 per cent."
She said, "Only 10 per cent of the labourers have acquired some technical skill,
out of which just one-forth have received technical education." She added that
there was an urgent need to expand vocational training at the certificate level,
especially in the construction sector.