Monthly Archives: July 2019
National Education Policy- Enough Focus on Vocational Education? – Part II
Students undergoing training at Bosch Vocational Centre, Bangalore. Picture courtesy: The Hindu
Better skills and qualifications leading to higher...
Skilling Women in India – Unleashing Economic Power
All good intentions to make India the ‘Skills Capital of the World’ and to reap the benefits of skills-based economic development will...
DGT-Cisco-Accenture to Impart Digital Skills Training
In yet another public-private partnership move, the Directorate General of Training (DGT) under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, has joined...
Amway India Wins Top Award in Skills Development
Marking its contribution to the ‘Skill India’ initiative, Amway India has made significant strides in developing skills and entrepreneurship of its direct...
50,000 Skilled by Tata Power Skill Development Institute
In just four years since its launch in 2018 with 208 candidates, Tata Power Skill Development Institute (TPSDI) reached a milestone 50,000...
National Education Policy – Enough Focus on Vocational Education? – Part I
Does the draft NEP create the right balance to redress the dichotomy between the academic world and the world of work?
Evaluating Industrial Training Institutes – What’s the True Picture?
India faces complex challenges in creating the required quantity of skills-based jobs. How well have the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), a major...
Firming up of New Skills Regulator Starts
The National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) was announced last October as the new regulator for skills training and development...
Can the EU’s Youth Guarantee Programme Help India?
With controversial estimates of unemployment running at a 45 year high, turning to more mature apprenticeship and vocational skills-based economies for solutions...
Building Skills Awareness in Rural India
Over 66% of India’s population is rural and of the 11 million Indians who lost jobs in 2018, over 80 percent of...
