Channelising Skills and Employability through Vocational Education and Training

Skill Development, Vocational Education and providing employable skills are the crucial issues to be addressed by our country in order to achieve an inclusive growth, with the existing Government declaring the decade 2010 -2020 to be the ‘Decade of Innovation’.  However, the biggest constraint remains the availability of skilled manpower. India has the target to create 500 million skilled technicians by the year 2020 to cater to the requirements of not only to the work force in India but across Globe.The Prime Minister’s National Council for Skill Development, chaired by the Prime Minister, National Skill Development Board, coordinated by the Planning Commission and National Skill Development Corporation are formed to promote skill development both in public and private sectors.

While the Government has announced in the union budget 2010