Government plans to set up a Skill Development University
Updated: Dec 22, 2014 04:33:36pm
New Delhi, Dec 22 (KNN) In order to give a fillip to vocational training and escalate efforts for skill development, the Minister of State (independent charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Rajiv Pratap Rudy outlined government’s intention to set up a Skill Development University.
“The Prime Minister has underlined the need for a university for skill development that would run parallel to the current skill development institutes.” said Rudy at a conference organised by FICCI.
The minister stressed that such a university will fill the gap and provide a degree akin to university degrees of Bachelors and Masters and would be considered ‘respectable’.
He further said industrial training institutes (ITIs) have not delivered and do not work out, unless wherever the corporate sector has taken them over.
However, the skill development university is still in the offing and would take some more time to be set up, he added.
“We are trying to work out how to go about it…as we have the ministry of human resources development as well,” he said.
Indicating that a new national skilling policy would soon be announced, Rudy further said that the ministry is also looking at reviewing the 500 million people target for skilling by 2022.
The new skill policy is expected to be in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a “Skilled India” that would also provide trained manpower to schemes such as Make in India. (KNN/TR)
“The Prime Minister has underlined the need for a university for skill development that would run parallel to the current skill development institutes.” said Rudy at a conference organised by FICCI.
The minister stressed that such a university will fill the gap and provide a degree akin to university degrees of Bachelors and Masters and would be considered ‘respectable’.
He further said industrial training institutes (ITIs) have not delivered and do not work out, unless wherever the corporate sector has taken them over.
However, the skill development university is still in the offing and would take some more time to be set up, he added.
“We are trying to work out how to go about it…as we have the ministry of human resources development as well,” he said.
Indicating that a new national skilling policy would soon be announced, Rudy further said that the ministry is also looking at reviewing the 500 million people target for skilling by 2022.
The new skill policy is expected to be in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a “Skilled India” that would also provide trained manpower to schemes such as Make in India. (KNN/TR)
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