Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Themes

GoS Recommendations

Action Plan for Implementation

Use of spare infrastructure for skilling in: - Public
Institutions, Private Engineering Colleges/polytechnics,
religious and cultural institutions:
To create a framework for partnering with closed and
ongoing engineering colleges and polytechnics in rolling out
long term and short term skill development courses through
utilization of surplus and unused training infrastructure at
these institutions
Multi-skill Iconic training centres in every district :
To set up Model Skill Centres in every district of the country
through soft loan support provided by NSDC

Timeline
May 2016

Remarks
AICTE approval
required to run skill
development
courses in
engineering colleges

Mar 2017

Availability of
budget will be
necessary to
achieve targets

Enhance capacities of it is:

7000 new ITIs to be established with high quality
industrial training infrastructure, throughout the country
1500 Multi Skill Training Institutes (MSTIs) to be set up
in unserved blocks of the country with active
participation of Industries/Private partners
Targetted training for overseas employment
Study to be conducted on migration patterns for
overseas employment
To sign an MOU with MEA for collaboration in training
persons for overseas employment
To set up Pravasi Kaushal Kendras in collaboration with
the D/o Overseas Indian Affairs specifically for training
of persons looking to migrate abroad
Uniform National Standards of Training
National Occupation Standards (NOSs) for all sectors to
be finalized and aligned with National Skills Qualification
Framework (NSQF)
Alignment of all skill training programmes with NOSs
conforming to NSQF levels

Sep 2016

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Mar 2016

Apr 2016
Sep 2016

Dec 2016

Dec 2016

Contingent on EFC
and Cabinet
approval

Themes

GoS Recommendations

Action Plan for Implementation

Establish National Assessment/Certificate Board:
A National Board for Skills Assessment and Certification will
be set up
Make Vocational Training aspirational by providing
equivalence with formal education Gujarat Model :
To establish equivalence between NCVT certification and
CBSEs Class 10/Class 12 certificate subject to completion of
bridge courses

Timeline
Sep 2016

Remarks
Contingent on
Cabinet approval

Jun 2016

Contingent
on
decision by CBSE to
determine
bridge
courses
and
equivalence
standards
Skill gap studies
have already been
initiated
with
respective
line
Ministries. This is an
ongoing process.
Contingent
on
MHRDs decisions

Carry out skill gap studies on a regular basis:

Skill Gap Studies to be vetted by the respective line
Ministries and States to determine whether they match with
the individual studies

Vocationalisation of Education
1. Need to revise the curriculum of school education to
include vocational education and soft skills
2. Vocational education to be made a part of regular
curriculum after Class VIII
Mobility from vocational stream to the traditional education
system and vice versaAction Point No. 3 relating to MSDE is
given below:
Academic equivalence with MHRD has already been sought
as detailed in para 7 above. Further equivalence and
mobility pathways can be taken forward depending on this
decision.
Skill
Development/Diploma
courses
in
State
ITIs/Polytechnics/Colleges with Water, Sanitation & Solid
Waste as career options:
Relevant NOSs and Qualification packs (QPs)/courses will be
developed and introduced for both long term and short
term training in ITIs and private skill training centres
respectively.

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Aug 2016

Themes

GoS Recommendations

Action Plan for Implementation

Soil Health Card Scheme 10,000 Skilled Technicians and
Lab Assistants:
Specific trainings as desired by Ministry of Agriculture to
be covered under PMKVY.
Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) division of
DAC&FW to take initiative to train manpower in Soil
Collection and Soil Testing. If MoA observes that the
trainings being conducted are not sufficient to cater to
its demand, the same can be conducted through PMKVY
after due intimation from MoA.

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Timeline

Remarks
Feedback to be
received from MoA
on in-house training
to move ahead with
next steps