Introduction
- NSDM was developed to converge skill training in various sectors
- NSDM will cover all the states of India
- Expedite decision making in sectors through coordinated and skilling efforts
About NSDM
- Union Cabinet approval on 1st July 2015
- Official launch of NSDM by PM Modi on 15th July 2015
- Launched on World Youth skills day to make Indian youth skilled
- Mass skill training program to train millions of Indians
Nodal Agency
- Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
- Funding through National Skill Development Corporation
- National Skill Development Agency (NSDA)
- National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)
- Directorate General of Training (DGT)
Sub Missions of NSDM
- Sustainable livelihood
- Infrastructure
- Institutional training
- Trainers
- Convergence
- Overseas Employment
- Leveraging of public infrastructure
Institutional Mechanism
- Governing council at apex level for policy guidance
- Steering committee
- Mission Directorate
Strategic Framework
NSDM follows 5 C strategic frameworks for imparting skill training programs
- Create – Creating skilled individuals over a long term
- Correct – Upskilling individuals with work experience
- Certify – Aligning with norms, assessing and provide certification to trainees
- Connect – Making skilled trainees to join in jobs at any part of the world
- Catalyze - Entrepreneurship
NSDM Model components
Connect Supply with Demand
- Skill development does hand in hand with market demand
- MoSDE matches skilled and trained individuals to jobs anywhere in the world
- A general understanding of market demand supply of skill requirements is done
- Envisagement of a policy research institute
- Formulation of skill development policies
- Monitoring global changes in employment in the global scenario
Correct Supply for Demand
- This NSDM component aims to scale up the unemployed in the informal sector
- NSDC is the implementation agency for short term skill training programs
- Individuals with lower educational levels are targeted
- Skill training conducted with central, state and private initiatives cooperation
- NSDM aligned with other flagship schemes like Digital India, Swachh Bharat, Make in India and Solar Mission etc
- Scaling up of existing infrastructure also done through this NSDM component
Create pipeline of skilled people
Skill training imparted through this NSDM component in
- Existing educational institutions
- New dedicated skill training institutes
- ITI centers
- Vocational training centers
Catalyze Demand for Skilled people
- The main focus of this component is to promote entrepreneurship
- Increase individual confidence to pursue their business ideas
- Linking of entrepreneurship to schools and educational institutions
- Establishing incubation centers for entrepreneurship
- Establishing support centers to promote and encourage entrepreneurship
- Providing credit access to new entrepreneurs
Certification and Assessment
- Alignment of skill training with National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF)
- RPL framework establishment
- Quality assessment and certification
- Increase in the number of quality vocational trainers
Conclusion
- NSDM is one of the flagship schemes of GOI
- NSDM will make India the Skill capital of the entire world
- By 2020, India will be a supplier of skilled labor to the entire world
- Domestic labor force will also be upgraded through short term skill training programs
