• Supporting Ministries

SUPPORTING MINISTRIY OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL MISSION
                               
Founded in 2012, NETHAJI COMMUNITY VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL (NCVTC) has been setup under the National Skills Development Mission, National Council for Vocational Education Training, Ministry of Skill Development Entrepreneurship, Skill India Mission, National Skill Development Agency, and Government of India under the aegis of National Skills Development Corporation. As a sector skill council NCVTC has a mandate to create National Occupational Standards, develop competency framework, conduct Train the Trainer Programs, affiliated Vocational Training Institutes, conduct skill gap studies in their sector leading to a Labour Market Information System and most importantly Assess and Certify trainees on the curriculum aligned to National Occupational Standards developed by them National Skill Development Fund.
 
                               
The National Skill Development Fund was set up in 2009 by the Government of India for raising funds both from Government and Non-Government sectors for skill development in the country. The Fund is contributed by various Government sources, and other donors/ contributors to enhance, stimulate and develop the skills of Indian youth by various sector specific programs. A public Trust set up by the Government of India is the custodian of the Fund. The Trust accepts donation, contribution in cash or kind from the Contributors for furtherance of objectives of the Fund. The Fund is operated and managed by the Board of Trustees. The Chief Executive Officer of the Trust is responsible for day-to-day administration and management of the Trust.

1. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

The National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) was notified by MSDE on 5th December 2018. NCVET will subsume the existing skill regulatory bodies- National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) & National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) and will act as an overarching skills regulator. It was operationalized on 04.11.2019 through the assumption of additional charge by Secretary, MSDE and Senior Economic Advisor, MSDE as Chairperson, NCVET and Executive Member, NCVET respectively.

The NCVET will regulate the functioning of entities engaged in vocational education and training, both long & short-term, and establish minimum standards for the functioning of such entities. The major functions of NCVET would be recognition and regulation of Awarding Bodies, Assessment Agencies, and Skill related Information Providers; approval of Qualifications; monitoring and supervision of recognized entities and grievance redressal.

The NCVET will enable integration of fragmented regulatory system and infuse quality assurance across the entire vocational training value chain, leading to better outcomes.

2. NATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

The National Skill Development Corporation India (NSDC) was setup as a one of its kind, Public Private Partnership Company with the primary mandate of catalysing the skills landscape in India. NSDC is a unique model created with a well thought through underlying philosophy based on the following pillars:
  • Create:Proactively catalyse creation of large, quality vocational training institutions.
  • Fund:Reduce risk by providing patient capital. Including grants and equity.
  • Enable:the creation and sustainability of support systems required for skill development. This includes the Industry led Sector Skill Councils.
 
THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE NSDC ARE TO:
  • Upgrade skills to international standards through significant industry involvement and develop necessary frameworks for standards, curriculum and quality assurance.
  • Enhance, support and coordinate private sector initiatives for skill development through appropriate Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models; strive for significant operational and financial involvement from the private sector.
  • Play the role of a "market-maker" by bringing financing, particularly in sectors where market mechanisms are ineffective or missing.
  • Prioritize initiatives that can have a multiplier or catalytic effect as opposed to one-off impact.
PARTNERSHIPS
 
NSDC operates through partnerships with multiple stakeholders in catalysing and evolving the skilling ecosystem.
  • Private Sector– Areas of partnerships include awareness building, capacity creation, loan financing, creation and operations of Sector Skill Councils, assessment leading to certification, employment generation, Corporate Social Responsibility, World Skills competitions and participation in Special Initiatives like Udaan focused on J&K.
  • International Engagement– Investments, technical assistance, transnational standards, overseas jobs and other areas.
  • Central Ministries– Participation in flagship programmes like Make in India, Swachh Bharat, Pradhan Mandhan Jandhan Yojana, Smart City, Digital India and Namami Ganga, among many others.
  • State Governments– Development of programs and schemes, alignment to NSQF and capacity building, operationalization of program, capacity building efforts among others.
  • University/School systems– Vocationalisation of education through specific training programs, evolution of credit framework, entrepreneur development, etc.
  • Non-profit organizations– Capacity building of marginalized and special groups, development of livelihood, self-employment and entrepreneurship programs.
  • Innovation– Support to early-stage social entrepreneurs working on innovative business models to address gaps in the skilling ecosystem, including programs for persons with disability.
ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Over 5.2 million students trained.
  • 235 private sector partnerships for training and capacity building, each to train at least 50,000 persons over a 10-year period.
  • 38 Sector Skill Councils (SSC) approved in services, manufacturing, agriculture & allied services, and informal sectors. Sectors include 19 of 20 high priority sectors identified by the Government and 25 of the sectors under Make in India initiative.
  • 1386 Qualification Packs with 6,744 unique National Occupational Standards (NOS). These have been validated by over 1000 companies.
  • Vocational training introduced in 10 States, covering 2400+ schools, 2 Boards, benefitting over 2.5 lakh students. Curriculum based on National Occupational Standards (NOS) and SSC certification. NSDC is working with 21 universities, Community Colleges under UGC/AICTE for alignment of education and training to NSQF.
  • Designated implementation agency for the largest voucher-based skill development program, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana.
  • Skill Development Management System (SDMS) with 1400 training partners, 28179 training centres, 16479 trainers, 20 Job portals, 77 assessment agencies and 4983 empanelled assessors. Hosting infrastructure certified by ISO 20000/27000 supported by dedicated personnel.
 
  1. NATIONAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK
                               
The National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF), which has been recently launched by AICTE and Ministry of HRD mainly focuses on general education element into VE, and vice versa. It bring the vocational education program in schools that will offer new career choices to students and make them better prepared for the world of work. The Scheme envisages Seven certificate levels with each certificate level with approximately 1000 hours each certificate, with each 1000 hours being made of certain number of hours for vocational competency based skill modules and the rest for general learning simultaneously integrated and providing a Diploma for vocational education after the certificate level five or leading to a Degree for vocational education after level seven in the university system, subject to their statutory approval, is highlight of the scheme. The framework will be implemented in polytechnics, Engineering Colleges and other colleges in the University systems from 2012-13. The programmes are sector specific and the sectors like IT, Media, Entertainment, Telecommunications, Mobile Communications, Automobile, Construction, Retail, Food Processing, Tourism, Hotels, Jewellery Design and Fashion Design and many other have been identified for implementation.
 
BENEFITS

A student can choose to avail of competency based skill learning along with general education in this scheme without losing the possibility of changing course and moving at any certificate level into a formal system of education and vice versa. This would ultimately provide a full multi-entry exist system between vocational education, general education and the job market. AICTE would seek to provide the requisite statutory approvals to any institutions wishing to conduct these programmes from the Academic Year 2012 throughout the country. The institutions can choose a maximum of 500 students per institute in any five sectors, 100 students per sector. This is expected to cater to at least 5 million students for vocational degree and diploma every year, which can provide self-employment or being meaningfully employed if even 1/3 of the institutions are approved to conduct these programmes. NVEQF is a great initiative by MHRD that needs to be propagated and followed throughout the country that has a potential to increase the GER from 15 to double this value by the end of 2020, simultaneously providing meaningful employment.
 
  1. MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
                               
India is a country today with 65% of its youth in the working age group. If ever there is a way to reap this demographic advantage, it has to be through skill development of the youth so that they add not only to their personal growth, but to the country’s economic growth as well.

  1. SKILL INDIA MISSION

Skill India is an initiative of the Government of India which has been launched to empower the youth of the country with skill sets which make them more employable and more productive in their work environment. The Skill Mission launched by the Honourable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on 15 July 2015, has gathered tremendous steam under the guidance of Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, during the last one year. The target to train more than a Crore fresh entrants into the Indian workforce has been substantially achieved for the first time. 1.04 Crore Indians were trained through Central Government Programs and NSDC associated training partners in the private sector.
 
  1. NATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
                               
National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) is an autonomous body under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship that anchors the National Skill Qualifications Framework and allied quality assurance mechanisms for synergizing skill initiatives in the country.
 
 
CONTRIBUTION FOR SKILL SECTOR COUNCIL’S
 
ABOUT

Since its inception, one of the major pillars of NSDC’s strength are Sector Skill Councils (SSCs), which play a vital role in bridging the gap between what the industry demands and what the skilling requirements ought to be.

The National Occupational Standard is one of the most significant contributions of NSDC to India's skilling ecosystem - something that was made possible by the SSCs, which are national partnership organizations that bring together all the stakeholders - industry, labour and the academia.
The SSCs operate as an autonomous body and could be registered as a Section 8 Company, or a Society. NSDC is mandated to initiate and incubate SSCs with initial seed funding to facilitate their
growth and enable them to achieve self-sustainability in a time bound manner.

ROLE

The National Policy on Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015 laid out Skill India Mission, and envisaged the creation of Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) by NSDC. Priority sectors have been identified based on the skill gap analysis. The SSCs have been mandated with the following functions:
  • Identification of skill development needsincluding preparing a catalogue of types of skills, range and depth of skills to facilitate individuals to choose from them.
  • Development of a sector skill development plan and maintaining skill inventory.
  • Determining skills/competency standards and qualificationsand getting them notified as per NSQF.
  • Standardization of affiliation, accreditation, examination and certificationprocess in accordance with NSQF as determined by NSQC.
  • May also conduct skill-based assessment and certification for QP /NOS aligned training
  • Participation in the setting up of affiliation, accreditation, examination and certification norms for their respective sectors.
  • Plan and facilitate the execution of Training of Trainersalong with NSDC and states.
  • Promotion of academies of excellence.
  • Paying particular attention to the skilling needs of ST/SC, differently-abled and minority groups.
  • Ensuring that the persons trained and skilled in accordance with the norms laid down are assured of employment at decent wages.

PLACEMENTS

The most critical outcome of skill training is employment, whether self or wage employment.
To facilitate employment, Sector Skill Councils have been encouraged to develop their own placement portal and mobile apps. These portals are linked to demand aggregation and are aimed at meeting the skill needs of the industry. The 360-degree interface of the portal connects candidates and training partners with recruitment firms & potential employers. Some of the SSCs have already started using such portals, while a few others would follow.