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Skill India – A mission to impart skills and generate value
The Skill India Mission launched on 16th of July 2015 aims to train 40 crore people in India in different skills by 2020. The mission aims at creating an ecosystem where there is coherence between education, training, and work which enables all of them to empower...
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Kaushalacharya Samadar 2019 – Celebrating the spirit of Teaching through skill training
On 5th September 2019, the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship organized the 'Kaushalacharya Samadar' 2019 in a bid to motivate and incentivize trainers to join and further propagate the Skill India Mission. Trainers from diverse backgrounds attended...
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Bringing Pragmatism into Skilling the Nation
Is a USD 5 trillion economy yet another symbolic gesture akin to a target set in 2015 to skill 500 million by 2022? Unless the root issues such as education, skilling and job creation are not addressed we will continue to miss the boat in leveraging our demographic...
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Hospitality industry making the most out of apprenticeships
“It is our collective responsibility to ensure a brighter future for the youth because the future of the country rests on their shoulders.” - Mr. Rajesh Agarwal, Joint Secretary, MSDE With the recent inclusion of apprenticeship in the service sector, we could see a...
read more Skill India – A mission to impart skills and generate value
The Skill India Mission launched on 16th of July 2015 aims to train 40 crore people in India in different skills by 2020. The mission aims at creating an ecosystem where there is coherence between education, training, and work which enables all of them to empower...
read more
Skilling the youth of India
According to a data published in the Make In India achievement report, it is estimated that in the next 20 years, the labour force in the industrialized world is expected to decline by 4 percent, while in India it will increase by 32 percent. India is at an...
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Part II – Deconstructing the Apprenticeship Stipend Primer 2019
As the conversations around apprenticeships start getting more intense, we at India Apprenticeship Forum would like to revisit the Apprenticeship Stipend Primer 2019, brought out by NETAP [National Employability Through Apprenticeship Program] and TeamLease Skills...
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Part III – National Initiatives to Promote Quality Apprenticeships in G20 Countries
Welcome back to the continuation from Part I and Part II of our series on the above named ILO report.[i] This time we explore findings and good practices of social partners’ actions, namely employer and worker groups. Responses from India were provided by the All...
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Leveraging the Power of Apprenticeships – A NETAP Event
India Apprenticeship Forum and NETAP Take Centre Stage The National Employability through Apprenticeship Program (NETAP) and the India Apprenticeship Forum (IAF) partnered to organise a felicitous interactive discussion on “Leveraging the Power of Apprenticeships for...
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What Job Creation Needs in India
With a new government at the helm, all eyes are turned towards making India the Skill Capital of the world and reaping benefits from the huge demographic dividend the country is blessed with. From Skill India to Digital India, a plethora of skilling initiatives were...
read more
Impact of Trigger Points on Inter-Ministerial Skills Development Efforts
This article is in continuation of the 4-part series that deconstructs the ILO-UNESCO report on ‘Taking A Whole of Government Approach to Skills Development’.[i] Read Part I of the series here. In this section, we examine seven potential triggers that can ease or...
read more
3X Increase in Apprenticeship Stipend
This is being suggested by NITI Aayog to ramp up the popularity of the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) both among candidates and reduce the financial burden on companies. The finance ministry has received a proposal to increase apprenticeship stipends...
read moreResearch
Part II – Deconstructing the Apprenticeship Stipend Primer 2019
As the conversations around apprenticeships start getting more intense, we at India Apprenticeship Forum would like to revisit the Apprenticeship Stipend Primer 2019, brought out by NETAP [National Employability Through Apprenticeship Program] and TeamLease Skills...
read more Impact of Trigger Points on Inter-Ministerial Skills Development Efforts
This article is in continuation of the 4-part series that deconstructs the ILO-UNESCO report on ‘Taking A Whole of Government Approach to Skills Development’.[i] Read Part I of the series here. In this section, we examine seven potential triggers that can ease or...
read more
Part IV – National Initiatives to Promote Quality Apprenticeships in G20 Countries
Read Parts I, II and III for a sequential appraisal of inter-related themes of this ILO report. A quick recap of Part I, II and III of ILO's report In this concluding section of our series on the above named ILO report[i], we examine the remaining two activity themes...
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How to get a dream career even without a degree
Those who are very good with certain specific technical skillset like welding, plumbing, electrical work and so on can still earn a 5 digit salary! Wow! Isn’t that amazing?
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Apprenticeship programs at Atkins
If you would like to pursue your dream of solving complex technical problems or would like to bring about change in the society through scientific means whether or not you are an engineer then Atkins is the place for you.
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BT Group believes in apprenticeships
Andy Palmer, BT Group Head of Skills, talks about the importance of having apprenticeship training in order to hone the skills of employees
read moreNEWS
Skill India – A mission to impart skills and generate value
The Skill India Mission launched on 16th of July 2015 aims to train 40 crore people in India in different skills by 2020. The mission aims at creating an ecosystem where there is coherence between education, training, and work which enables all of them to empower...
Kaushalacharya Samadar 2019 – Celebrating the spirit of Teaching through skill training
On 5th September 2019, the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship organized the 'Kaushalacharya Samadar' 2019 in a bid to motivate and incentivize trainers to join and further propagate the Skill India Mission. Trainers from diverse backgrounds attended...
Bringing Pragmatism into Skilling the Nation
Is a USD 5 trillion economy yet another symbolic gesture akin to a target set in 2015 to skill 500 million by 2022? Unless the root issues such as education, skilling and job creation are not addressed we will continue to miss the boat in leveraging our demographic...
How Skilling India Can Be Better
With 40 national skilling programmes run by at least 20 ministries and departments, one would expect India to have moved a great deal closer to its own target of achieving the ‘Skill Capital of the World’ tag. Hence, why has impact of skills training been so low?...
Education and Skill Development Focus in Union Budget
What roles do education and skill building play in achieving a $5 trillion target for the Indian economy? Indeed, the recent Budget has been high on intent as reflected in the draft New Education Policy which promises to bring massive changes to education. An...
ARTICLES
Hospitality industry making the most out of apprenticeships
“It is our collective responsibility to ensure a brighter future for the youth because the future of the country rests on their shoulders.” - Mr. Rajesh Agarwal, Joint Secretary, MSDE With the recent inclusion of apprenticeship in the service sector, we could see a...
Skill India – A mission to impart skills and generate value
The Skill India Mission launched on 16th of July 2015 aims to train 40 crore people in India in different skills by 2020. The mission aims at creating an ecosystem where there is coherence between education, training, and work which enables all of them to empower...
Skilling the youth of India
According to a data published in the Make In India achievement report, it is estimated that in the next 20 years, the labour force in the industrialized world is expected to decline by 4 percent, while in India it will increase by 32 percent. India is at an...
Kaushalacharya Samadar 2019 – Celebrating the spirit of Teaching through skill training
On 5th September 2019, the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship organized the 'Kaushalacharya Samadar' 2019 in a bid to motivate and incentivize trainers to join and further propagate the Skill India Mission. Trainers from diverse backgrounds attended...
Apprenticeships – an opportunity for manufacturing companies
India is known for its robust workforce in IT and supports services across the world. Ours is a country of young population, where 50 percent of the population is below 25 years of age. No doubt that human resource is our biggest resource, and most of it belongs to...
CASE STUDIES
Part II – Deconstructing the Apprenticeship Stipend Primer 2019
As the conversations around apprenticeships start getting more intense, we at India Apprenticeship Forum would like to revisit the Apprenticeship Stipend Primer 2019, brought out by NETAP [National Employability Through Apprenticeship Program] and TeamLease Skills...
Part III – National Initiatives to Promote Quality Apprenticeships in G20 Countries
Welcome back to the continuation from Part I and Part II of our series on the above named ILO report.[i] This time we explore findings and good practices of social partners’ actions, namely employer and worker groups. Responses from India were provided by the All...
Leveraging the Power of Apprenticeships – A NETAP Event
India Apprenticeship Forum and NETAP Take Centre Stage The National Employability through Apprenticeship Program (NETAP) and the India Apprenticeship Forum (IAF) partnered to organise a felicitous interactive discussion on “Leveraging the Power of Apprenticeships for...
Do Employers See ROI in Apprenticeships?
‘For each dollar spent on apprenticeships, how many dollars are returned to the investor—the employer, the trainee, the government program, the union, or whoever paid for apprenticeships?’ ROI as a percentage seeks to answer the question, ‘Why should I hire...
How This Govt Program Is Changing Rural Odisha
This is the stuff dreams are made of. Poonam Kumari, daughter of a truck driver, went from being an unemployed high school graduate to earning Rs.20,000 a month with Café Coffee Day after a three-month coffee making training programme under the government’s Deen Dayal...
POLICY
What Job Creation Needs in India
With a new government at the helm, all eyes are turned towards making India the Skill Capital of the world and reaping benefits from the huge demographic dividend the country is blessed with. From Skill India to Digital India, a plethora of skilling initiatives were...
Impact of Trigger Points on Inter-Ministerial Skills Development Efforts
This article is in continuation of the 4-part series that deconstructs the ILO-UNESCO report on ‘Taking A Whole of Government Approach to Skills Development’.[i] Read Part I of the series here. In this section, we examine seven potential triggers that can ease or...
3X Increase in Apprenticeship Stipend
This is being suggested by NITI Aayog to ramp up the popularity of the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) both among candidates and reduce the financial burden on companies. The finance ministry has received a proposal to increase apprenticeship stipends...
Making Skills Acquisition Relevant
Acquiring & Imparting skills- requiring an overhaul in K-12 education, vocational and technical education and on-the-job training- is part of a three-component framework which the Skilling India: No Time to Lose- NCAER 2018[i] report proposes to boost the...
Tackling Informality in the Workforce with TVET
‘The high incidence of informality in all its forms has multiple adverse consequences for workers, enterprises, and societies and is, in particular, a major challenge for the realization of decent work for all and sustainable and inclusive development.’ Rafael Diez de...
RESEARCH
Part II – Deconstructing the Apprenticeship Stipend Primer 2019
As the conversations around apprenticeships start getting more intense, we at India Apprenticeship Forum would like to revisit the Apprenticeship Stipend Primer 2019, brought out by NETAP [National Employability Through Apprenticeship Program] and TeamLease Skills...
Impact of Trigger Points on Inter-Ministerial Skills Development Efforts
This article is in continuation of the 4-part series that deconstructs the ILO-UNESCO report on ‘Taking A Whole of Government Approach to Skills Development’.[i] Read Part I of the series here. In this section, we examine seven potential triggers that can ease or...
Part IV – National Initiatives to Promote Quality Apprenticeships in G20 Countries
Read Parts I, II and III for a sequential appraisal of inter-related themes of this ILO report. A quick recap of Part I, II and III of ILO's report In this concluding section of our series on the above named ILO report[i], we examine the remaining two activity themes...
Part III – National Initiatives to Promote Quality Apprenticeships in G20 Countries
Welcome back to the continuation from Part I and Part II of our series on the above named ILO report.[i] This time we explore findings and good practices of social partners’ actions, namely employer and worker groups. Responses from India were provided by the All...
Part II – ILO Report – National Initiatives to Promote Quality Apprenticeships in G20 Countries
This is a continuation from Part I of our series on the above named ILO report.[i] Here, we examine the remaining five of the 10 Action Points of the G20 Initiative to Promote Quality Apprenticeship. 6. Raising the awareness of apprenticeships Most governments...
VIDEOS
How to get a dream career even without a degree
Those who are very good with certain specific technical skillset like welding, plumbing, electrical work and so on can still earn a 5 digit salary! Wow! Isn’t that amazing?
Apprenticeship programs at Atkins
If you would like to pursue your dream of solving complex technical problems or would like to bring about change in the society through scientific means whether or not you are an engineer then Atkins is the place for you.
BT Group believes in apprenticeships
Andy Palmer, BT Group Head of Skills, talks about the importance of having apprenticeship training in order to hone the skills of employees