Over 66% of India’s population is rural and of the 11 million Indians who lost jobs in 2018, over 80 percent of those losses occurred in rural India. What has led to this alarming crisis? A severe lack of formal vocational skills training in India’s hinterlands is...
NITI Aayog’s ‘Strategy for New India@75’ states India needs around 90 lakh new jobs annually to absorb the teeming mass of youth entering the workforce. A lot of focus is on creating jobs in the formal sector but a staggering 87% of Indian businesses firms,...
To successfully leverage our demographic dividend represented by a population where over 50% is under the age of 25, urgent remedial measures need to support government action. Despite a boost in skills funding and a myriad centrally sponsored skilling schemes, what...
In an extremely gratifying development, giving apprenticeships a robust shot in the arm, the Central Apprenticeship Council (CAC), under the aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), has proposed new reforms through amendments to the...
In this concluding section of our two-part article, we continue our coverage of key recent developments from the skills space. Read our education focused article in Part I. Breaking Development – Fresh reforms to boost apprenticeships for SMEs have been...
With a raft of changes and proposals in education and skilling initiatives, is the skilling landscape in India truly alive and kicking? In a two-part article, we examine recent developments in policy and regulation in education, vocational training and skills...
