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Employable Skills & Vocational Training

Uncommon Opportunities: Roadmap for Employment, Food & Global Security

November 21, 2004

Career Development Foundation of IndiaI.N.D.I.A. Trust

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Employable Skills

50% of firms in developing and industrialized

countries report severe shortage of skilled workers.

India’s problem is not lack of employment

opportunities but lack of employable skills.

Skills create employment and self-employment

opportunities.

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Vocational Skills Gap

Only 5% of India’s workforce (20-24 years) have

vocational training compared with 28% in Mexico

and 96% in Korea.

By 2010 major labour shortages will emerge in the

industrialized nations forcing movement of both

manufacturing & service jobs to wherever the skills

are best.

Upgrading skills essential to tap global markets

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Vocational Training in India

4200 ITIs 1,654 government run 2,620 private

Courses offered 43 engineering & 24 non-engineering trades

Capacity – 6.3 lakhs

State enterprise programmes – 1.7 lakh

Including agriculture & other – 20 lakh

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Vocational Training Deficit

Students completing 8th-9th standard 300 lakhs

Students entering 10th-11th 150 lakhs

New entrants to workforce (per year) 70 lakhs

Vocational training in engineering, agriculture & other fields

20 lakhs

New entrants to workforce w/o training 50 lakhs

Existing unemployed youth (15-29) of which 80% are educated up to 10th

150 lakhs

Existing workers to be trained to raise non-ag skilled portion to 25%

350 lakhs

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Three Models

Farm Schools in every revenue village

Vocational Schools

Computerized & Televised Vocational Training

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Vocational Schools

Promote vocational institutes at block and district level 5000 govt 50,000 private

Conduct exams for every skill as for drivers licenses

Certify approved training centres, e.g. BPO

Provide scholarships & incentives for trainees

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Computer-based learning is twice as fast @ half the cost

Multimedia Interactive Immediate Feedback Self-paced learning Eliminates need for trained teachers Responds rapidly to changing skill needs Uniform testing

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Computerized Vocational Training

Establish 1 lakh CVT Institutes like internet cafes 50,000 in private sector 50,000 training centres at engineering and arts colleges,

ITIs, polytechs, high schools, NGOs, etc. Partnership with industry to develop multimedia training

software Provide training to a minumum of 4 million students per

annum Government certification of courses Generate self-employment opportunities for 50,000

entrepreneurs

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Multimedia vocational courses

RWH Child care Nutritionist

Selling skills Real estate Law clerk

Telemarketing Insurance agent Quality manager

Catering Video editing Furniture design

Farm mgmt Pharma rep Textile design

Reporter Dry cleaning Electrical repair

Travel agent Internet research Graphic design

Bookkeeper Organic farming Interior design