Chennai:
The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has approved funding worth Rs 1,150 crore for 42 proposals for setting up of vocational training organisations and 10 sector skill councils (SSCs), according to a top official of NSDC.
Addressing the `5th Global Summit on Skill Development 2012’, Building sustainability and scalability through international partnerships’, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here, Dilip Chenoy, chief executive officer and managing director of NSDC said in addition to the 10 SSCs already approved, NSDC has approved the setting up such councils for rubber and leather industries.
He also said there was plan for setting up of SSCs for industries like textile, foundry, food processing, electronics hardware, telecom, construction and real estate, plumbing, agriculture, handicrafts, and educational skills.
Dr Franziska Schwarz, Director-International Relations, Swiss Federal Office for Professional Education and Training highlighted how the dual track education system of Switzerland with Vocational Education and Training (VET) has worked very well as it has been sustained by the co-operation of industrial associations, government and educational institutions.
She said the labour market-oriented, dual track and highly permeable education system of Switzerland helped the country to have the lowest youth employment rate of 7.2 per cent.
S Mahalingam, chairman, CII Council on Skill Development and chief financial officer and executive director, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said, that to engage the large number of workforce to capitalize on the demographic dividend, there should be long-term sustainable skill delivery programmes. He said the gap between the demand for skilled labour and the available supply has been large and rising furthe
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