Knowledge paper on skill development in India: Learner first
What is the way forward?
The need of the hour is to synergize the efforts and resources to provide a feasible platform for vocational education and skill development.
In India, both the government sector and the private sector have realized the critical role education plays in building skilled manpower and in turn boosting economic growth.
Some of the recommended steps that the government can take to make skill training fully inclusive and achieve the training targets:
- The government provides substantial support to formal education at the school level. Along with formal education, the next reasonable action, the government can take is to provide financial support to vocational training.
- Women participation in vocational education and training is especially low as compared to men. In order to increase enrolments, the combined efforts with local NGOs and panchayats on informing women and their families on the advantages of vocational education, which may lead to employability, is very important.
- The current vocational education and training facilities can be improved tremendously by setting standards, certifications and guidelines on the syllabi being taught, the teaching faculty and training institutes will lead to a more organized system.
- An option to establish a regional Career and Counseling Window where professional expertise may be provided to explore its own potential and deliver to society in the most proficient manner. The Career and Counseling Window may be developed at a district level with a pool of professionals from the field of psychology and skill planning to support the initiative.
Delivery framework for Career andCounselling Window
Delivery framework for Career andCounselling Window
Our recommendations
Way forward| Recommendation | Players responsible | Target learner | What it means for the learner? |
| Provide voucher-based support to thelearner to pursue skill training | Government | XIIth class pass orbelow XIIth | Continued financial support to facilitatethe learner’s employability skills |
| Collaborate with NGOs/panchayatsto inform women and their familiesregarding VET | Government andprivate | Women | Increase women participation in VET,in turn increasing economic status ofwomen |
| Introduce regional career andcounseling windows | Government | All groups of learners | Informed decision making at thelearner level |
| Provide learner-centric training | Government andprivate | All groups of learners | Customized training programs to meetlong-term aspirational needs of thelearner |
The need of the hour is to synergize the efforts and resources to provide a feasible platform for vocational education and skill development. The ideal way forward will be to seek partnerships that will strengthen the process of quality and inclusive education.
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