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Concept

The NSSO employment surveys provide statistics that clearly reflect the vastness of the issues confronting the nation especially in light of the growing population. The abysmal employment rates, mismatch between employment opportunities available and skill set or interest of the worker, high inter job mobility & high rates of burn outs are some issues that India confronts while aiming for the a high growth rate. These and many more reasons lead to another category of unemployed, "the disguised unemployed" adding them to the already swelling population of the "openly unemployed" leading to the following hypotheses:

  • The poor cannot afford to remain unemployed; hence ideally their unemployment rates should be low.
  • It is not jobs, but higher productivity that is the problem.

The problem is aggravated by the high supply of unskilled labour commanding low wages and demand for specific skills. It is this mismatch-large amounts of unskilled and unemployable labour when there is a huge demand for those trained in simple skills - that needs to be corrected.

The correction is not impossible because India also faces a unique opportunity. It has the youngest population in the world which means that it has the chance to complement what an ageing rest of the world needs the most - productive workers.

To optimally use this opportunity, we have to re-orient the labour structure & initiate a shift from low productivity to high productivity, in the process improving the wage structure & quality of life. To achieve this we need to,

  • Skill the unskilled labour. Upgrade, standardize & benchmark training, trainers and institutions.
  • Second, the skill needs to be recognized and accepted by the potential employers. This requires credible certification of the skills acquired. An added advantage of certification is that labour markets become integrated. It does not matter where the labour has been trained, or resides. It can always move, if it wants, to where it gets the highest wage. Increase competency & improving the out-put.


Components of the Skills Initiative



Implementation of the program:

The implementation of the CII Skills training programme begins with the identification of the geographical area, target groups, training facility, trainers and assessors to providing placement support.
  • Identification of the Geographical Location.
  • Identification of Skill Development Training Centre
  • Identification of the Skill Trade
  • Development of the Skill Qualification
  • Syllabus Mapping of the Training Material with the Syllabus
  • Train the Trainer Program
  • Advertisements and Sourcing Conceptof Candidates
  • Counselling & Screening Test
  • Interim Assessment after 20% delivery used for screening candidates
  • Final Independent Assessment
The target is to be able to skill young Indians and make them "Employable". A huge advantage of the Skills Development Initiative is that if the skills delivery is as per the prescribed standards, the benefits can be seen in a short span of time. Since training and certification process usually takes about 6 months one can adapt it to the contemporary needs & market demands.


Indicative list of Skills
  • Travel and Tourism
  • Hospitality
  • Telecommunication
  • Agriculture
  • Computer and BPO Skills
  • Horticulture
  • Floriculture
  • Small Businesses
  • Garment and Hosiery
  • Air-conditioning
  • Hairdressing
  • Motor Vehicle engineering
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Health Community and Social Care
  • Driving and Transportation
  • Laundry Services
  • Office management and secretarial practice
  • Transportation logistics such as warehousing, packaging, preservation, cold chain management, distribution, etc
  • Construction : scaffolding, masonry, fencing, tiling, painting and finishing, facilities management, plumbing & carpentry


Checks and balances:

A quality assurance structure aimed at ensuring consistency of delivery and delivery in line with laid down specifications, methodology and desired outcomes is built into the proposed models. These are established in the following steps:

  • Skill Development Centre-Quality Assessment, Guidance and Approval
  • Screening Test
  • Counseling
  • Authentication process during registration
  • Interim test to screen candidates further
  • Visiting Verifier and Quality Inspector visits
  • Final Independent Assessments
  • Authenticity of Certificates
  • Biometric enabled Tamperproof Electronic Smart Card


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