S.J. Amalan

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Indian Vocational Training System Modular
Employable Skills (MES) Skills for Global Economy
Govt. of India
SOUTH-SOUTH LEARNING EXCHANGE VISIT At
Bangalore 18.2.2009
DGET
RDAT
S.J. Amalan Regional Director Director
(Apex) (Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh,
Orissa) DGET Ministry of Labour
Employment Govt. of India
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Government of India Ministry of Labour and
Employment
Secretary
Joint Secretary Director General of Employment
Training
Directorate of Training
Directorate of Employment
Directors of Training, Apprenticeship, Project,
Women Occupation 2700 employees (280 Group A
officers, 406 Group B officers, 1364 Group C
employees 650 Group D employees)
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Vocational Training
Advisory Boards

• 1. National Council for Vocational Training
• N C V T
• 2. Central Apprenticeship Council
• C A C

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Vocational Training Schemes

• Craftsmen Training Scheme
• Craft Instructors Training
• Apprenticeship Training Programme
• Advanced Vocational Training Scheme
• Training of Skilled Workers Supervisors
• Training for Women RVTIs
• Staff Training/Research - CSTARI
• Development of Instructional Materials - NIMI
• Hi-Tech Training Scheme
• Up-gradation of ITIs into Centers of Excellence
• (4540crs-160 crs DF, 1580 crs WBF 2800 crs
  DFL)
• 11. Up-gradation of 1396 Govt. ITI s through PPP
  (3665 cr)
• 12. Modular Employable Skills (MES) SDI Scheme
• (550crs DF)

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Skill Training under DGET

• 6500 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs)
• about 2000 in Govt. Sector
• about 4500 in Private Sector
• 1 Mn Seating Capacity
• 50,000 Skill Dev. Centres in the next 5 years
• Needed 5,00,000 ITI/VTPs in the country
• (China has now 4,00,000)

• Industrial Training through Apprenticeship Scheme
  managed through Six RDATs in the country about
  1.5 Million

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NCVT Training Content

• 70 of the training period is practical training
• Theoretical training is given in subjects related
  to
• Trade Theory,
• Workshop Calculation Science,
• Engineering Drawing and
• Social Studies (which also includes a module on
  Information Technology)

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NCVT CERTIFICATE

• SKILL COUNCIL REPRESENTED BY INDUSTRY
  ASSOCIATIONS, WORKERS, INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNMENT
  OF INDIA STATE GOVERNMENTS
• NATIONALLY ACCEPTED IN INDIA
• INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED

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Indian NCVTSkills

• WORLDS MOST KNOWN BRAND ON SKILL IN THE
  21ST CENTURY BEYOND

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• THE WORLD WILL REQUIRE 470 MILLION SKILLED
  PERSONNEL IN THE AGE GROUP OF 16 TO 40 YEARS
• IN THE NEXT 25 YEARS
• INDIA HAS THE NUMBERS
• A GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY

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Upgrading the Vocational Training System

• Studies Recommendations

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Commissions Expert Groups have Analyzed the
Vocational Training System in India and made
Observations on the Strengths and Weaknesses and
also made Recommendations for its Improvement

• Working Group on Skill Development and Training
  for the X th Five year Plan (2002-07) set up by
  Planning Commission (2001)
• Task force on Employment Opportunities set up by
  Planning Commission under the chairmanship of Dr
  M S Ahluwalia (2001)
• Second National Commission on Labour (2002)
• Special Group on Targeting Ten Million
  Employment Opportunities per year set up by
  Planning Commission, under the Chairmanship of Dr
  S P Gupta(2002)
• Expert Group on Upgradation of Training and Skill
  Development Programme, DGET, M/o Labour (2003)
• 35th meeting of National Council of Vocational
  Training held on 14th Oct 2003

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Recommendation of Several Commissions are summed
up as

• Industry must have much greater involvement
• Management of ITIs
• Design of curriculum
• Selection of instructors
• Training of instructors in the Industry
• Providing equipment for training.
• A new modular approach to vocational training
• Modular Concept with Credit System
• Multi-Skilling
• Latest technology
• Multi entry and multi exit
• Vertical mobility of craftsmen and apprentices
• Staff development and motivation.
• Competency based certification system for workers
  without formal qualifications.

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Corporate Investments
Human Capital
Information Capital
Equipment Capital
Infrastructure Capital
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FORMAL, NON-FORMAL INFORMAL TRAININGIndian
NCVT Certification System

• Formal Training (Indian NCVT-NTC, NAC, COE,.)
• Structural Programmes that enables participation
  in the next higher level of the (national)
  education system.
• Non-Formal Training (Indian NCVT-MES, STC,..)
• Not Recognized for entry into the next higher
  level of the (national) educational
  system.(Short-term demand driven programs)
• Informal Training (Indian NCVT-MES,)
• unstructured programmes/ skills acquired
  informally

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Corporate Workforce
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Emergent Corporate Workforce
Stake Holders
Knowledge-Based Competent Engineers
Managers/ Engineers
Supervisors
Competent Skilled Workers
Skilled Workforce
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HUMAN CAPITAL

• The need of the corporate world
• Competent Human Beings are required
• Competent Skilled
• Wealth Creating Human Beings
• Competent Knowledgeable
• Wealth Managing Human Beings

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INDIAN NATIONAL EMPLOYABILITY FRAMEWORK
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EDUCATED/ HIGH EDUCATED
Sectors
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Employment ALL Sectors of the Economy
Post Graduation
DEGREE IN ENGG./ SCIENCE/ ARTS/ ETC
DIPLOMA
COE IN ITIs
ITI s 5114 7.5 lakhs Trainees NCVT/SCVT
Competency levels
P U C
Modular Employable Skills (MES)
S S LC - MATRICULATE
LOW EDUCATED UNEDUCATED
Multi-SKILLING
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SKILL MATRIXS
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• KNOWLEDGE

SKILL
EMPLOYMENT
Plus
Employable
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Building Skills A System Approach

• Craftsmen Training Scheme
• (Existing)

National Level
Centers of Excellence 500 to 1896 (New)
International Level
Modular Employable Skills (New)
State Local Level
World Class Institutions for Instructors Training
(New)
All Levels
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MES

• Womb to Tomb

INSTITUTIONALISATION OF LIFELONG LEARNING
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Modular Employable Skills(MES) for Lifelong
Learning

1. MINIMUM SKILL SETS WHICH WILL MAKE A PERSON
   EMPLOYABLE / CAN MAKE ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION /
   PRODUCE WEALTH / SUPPORT WEALTH CREATION
2. Training done by Vocational Training Providers
   (VTP)
3. Assessment carried out by Independent Agency from
   Industry/Employer Organization/Assessing bodies
   which have been appointed by the Government. 10
   National Bodies Appointed
4. Government reimburses the Assessment cost and the
   Training cost, and the Trainee gets back the
   training fee and assessment fees on passing the
   skill assessment (PPP)
5. Recognition of the Initiation of the Choice of
   Skill/Livelyhood

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Essentials of Employability
Knowledge
Employability
Skill
CEO
CEO
Educated
uneducated
Security Staff/ Material Handler
Security Staff/ Material Handler
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MES-Common Plug-in Board for

1. INDUSTRY
2. PERSON
3. INSTITUTION

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MES CURRICULUM DESIGN

1. Industry/ Sector Panels Identify the Employment
   Matrix / Job Matrix
2. Arrange the Job Skills in a vertical and
   horizontal formation according to there position
   or depending on competencies or multi-skilling,
   learning complexities, etc.
3. PWD Skill Council for Job Skills Placements
4. The Sectorial Panels will use a Common Format for
   each MES Module

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MES SECTORS AND MODULES

1. We have identified 40 Sectors
2. Presently 340 MES have been designed and we have
   set a target of about 2000 in the next year
3. 25 Skill Sector Panels are in operation

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Every Person can be made Employable
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MES SKILL n JOB FAIR

• In the Pilot phase during 2008
• 1 fair in every month at the same location
• 100 Industries/Employers/etc. will participate in
  each Fair
• 1,000 MES graduates will participate in each fair
• Learning/Skilling/Re-learning/Re-skilling will be
  done for the persons till employment/self-employme
  nt is secured for 100 of the persons is
  engineered
• Learning/Skilling Institutions, about 700 of them
  have been registered
• MES will give Recognition of the Initiation of
  the Choice of Skill by a person at the entry
  level
• About 100 Fairs have been planned in the three
  states for the year 2008-2009
• A target of 1,00,000 persons trained and
  certified is being planned for the year 2008-2009

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Challenges in Skill Development

1. Skill Recognition and the Social Angle
2. Skill Mobility Apt Deployment
3. Skill Development Models for Public Private
   Partnership
4. Skill Curriculum, Norms Certification a
   Government Activity
5. Industry bodies for Curriculum Development and
   Assessment
6. Skill Brand Building Indian NCVT Skills
7. Skill Currency or IND-SKILL Dollars Centurys
   largest FOREX earner.

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Assessing Body - MES

• AB State Assessment Cell
• - 5 member committee - 3 year term - Name
  Address
• Separate Bank Account
• Fees in favor of ___ payable at ___
• Engagement of Assessing Agency/Coordinators/Assess
  ors
• Application forms from AB
• Stationery / Advertisements
• Letter to RDAT with above details and readiness
  to take up Assessments in the State by the State
  Cell Chairman for writing to allotted VTP
• List of Trained Candidates for Testing to be sent
  to RDAT
• Assessment dates fixed with VTPs/Industry
• Assessment Sheets with Marks and details sent to
  RDAT
• Results declared by RDAT
• Reimbursement of Assessment fees to AB
• Reimbursement of Training Fees to the Vocational
  Training Provider (VTP)

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High Energy and High Quality Human Beingfor
World Economy

• Reliability/Dependability
• Repeatability/Uniformity in performance
• Competency/Professional Expertise

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INFRA-STRUCTURE
AND
INTRA-STRUCTURE
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Professional HumilityOneness is better than
Correctness

• For Human networking for higher productivity
• For Continuous Learning
• For Tremendous Output

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World in the hands of WHOM(High Quality Human
Being)

• SKILL in the hands of WHOM
• Knowledge in the hands of WHOM
• Power in the hands of WHOM
• AUTHORITY in the hands of WHOM
• KNIFE in the hands of WHOM
• Doctor
• Robber

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Difference to any Industry Situation is the
AVERAGE Quality of Human Beings

• LOW QUALITY HUMAN BEINGS
• MEDIUM QUALITY HUMAN BEINGS
• HIGH QUALITY HUMAN BEINGS

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WORLD CLASS Professionals

• 50 Paid for Out-put
• 50 Paid for In-put

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EDUSAT
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Thank You
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