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Demand Responsive Vocational Training – New Initiatives

This presentation discusses the new initiatives in vocational training in India, including the establishment of career centers, ITI-industry partnerships, and the apprenticeship act. It also highlights the available pan-India network and the goal of re-establishing brand equity of ITIs.

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Demand Responsive Vocational Training – New Initiatives

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  1. Directorate General of Employment and Training Ministry of Labour and Employment Government of India 8th August 2014 New Delhi Demand Responsive Vocational Training – New Initiatives

  2. Structure of presentation • Available pan-India network • New paradigm • Re-establishing brand equity of ITIs • ITI-industry partnership framework • Employment exchange transformed as career centres • Industry-friendly Apprentices Act • Employability-focused modular training • Way forward

  3. Available pan-India network • Network of 11,001 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country with seating capacity of more than 15.52 lakhs • Approximately 70% of seating capacity in private sector and 30% in Government ITIs • Training imparted in 70 engineering and 63 non-engineering trades • Training in ITIs supported by 26Training 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 956Employment Exchanges across the country

  4. 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.

  5. ITI-industry partnership framework • Flexible MoUsfor running industry-driven courses in ITIs • Customised industry-led courses with high employment potential (min. 80%) brought under NCVT certification • Detailed policy guidelines issued in July 2014 • Developing Model ITIs in prominent industry clusters • Scheme to develop one Government ITI in every State into a Model ITI to deliver high quality training and develop effective industry relationship • 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 • Additional shifts to be run in ITIs in urban areas for skill upgradation of the unorganised sector workers

  6. 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

  7. 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.

  8. 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

  9. Employability-focused modular training • SDI scheme being modified to provide for • Modules with soft skill for youth/school drop out; placement tracking • Skill upgradation modules for existing work force, special focus on modern construction technologies • Special programme for RPL in construction sector through cess fund • Proposal for self-financed special modules with NCVT certification for sectoral gap training

  10. Way forward • Leadership models for Industry-ITI-Career Centre collaboration • for • Enhancing employability of and entrepreneurship in youth • Upgradation of skills of existing workforce • Mainstreaming informal skills • Meeting the emerging skill needs of industry

  11. Thank You Directorate General of Employment & Training Ministry of Labour and Employment, Govt. of India Shram Shakti Bhawan, 2 & 4 Rafi Marg, New Delhi-1 Phone: 011-23710446

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