SKILL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN INDIA
By the next decade India would be the youngest country of the world. All countries then would look towards India for supporting their aging population and economy. It is imperative for India that by then youths of India should sufficiently develop themselves in not only taking care of their country but be prepared for the whole world. In India the Vocational Education is being implemented under Human Resource Development, and Vocational Training is being implemented under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to provide skilled manpower in different vocations. For driving any economy competent manpower is a prime success factor. India needs large base of skilled and competent manpower to become superpower and developed nation. India has underscored the essential need of preparing skilled human resource through skill development programme, for enhancing the productivity of the youth and for a sustained and faster growth of economy. India needs many changes in Vocational Education and Training to be at par with the developed nations of the world. Thus it calls for urgent initiatives to be under taken, to fulfil the skill deficit and mismatch in quantity and quality. This paper discusses the initiatives undertaken for quality assurance in Vocational Education and Training (VET) It identified the need for Industry Institute collaboration for identification of manpower requirement, sector wise skill profile, identification of courses, and development of modular competency based curricula and learning material, competency based training, assessment and joint certification.