NSDC aims to train 150 million people by 2022

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsPublic-private partnership National Skills Development Council (NSDC) has set a target of training 150 million people by 2022, its chairperson M V Subbaiah said on Monday.Speaking at the first convocation of the Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC) held here, Subbaiah said, “We have a target laid down before us that by 2022, we will train 150 million people. Lack of skills is a major problem. It is a shame that we have to restart working on skills in a country that was abundant with skills at one point of time.”The NSDC has 73 approved projects out of which 59 are based on skills training and 14 are sector skills councils (like the ASDC). “In the automotive industry alone, we have 13 approved partners to train 6.7 million people. This sector needs 35 million more workforce by 2022. NSDC has finished training 1,000 people,” Subbaiah said, adding that nearly 80 per cent of entry level jobs would be covered in the next 5-6 months.“We have to align training centres with the sector skills councils and train the trainers. Engineering institutes and industrial training institutes (ITI) do not have the right kind of infrastructure. The industry has to join colleges in this front,” he said and added that NSDC is willing to fund more training centres. Praveen Goenka, chairperson, ASDC, said that based on current output, the automotive sector would face severe shortage of manpower in terms of quality and quantity. “The current skill gap is 70 per cent, and outdated syllabi and lack of motivational and creative teaching does not help,” he said.“According to the National Manufacturing Policy, the manufacturing sector is seeing a 16-17 per cent growth. It also foresees creation of 100 million jobs by 2020. The Auto Mission Plan of 2016 aims to increase output to $125 billion with 10 per cent contribution to GDP. However, if nothing is done, the existing skill gap will only become larger,” Goenka said.According to an NSDC study in 2010-11, Goenka said the automotive sector is projected to require an additional 2.5 million people over the next decade.Subbaiah announced that NSDC has received requests for assessment and certification from Gujarat, Assam and West Bengal.first published:September 18, 2012, 10:31 ISTlast updated:September 18, 2012, 10:31 IST
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Public-private partnership National Skills Development Council (NSDC) has set a target of training 150 million people by 2022, its chairperson M V Subbaiah said on Monday.

Speaking at the first convocation of the Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC) held here, Subbaiah said, “We have a target laid down before us that by 2022, we will train 150 million people. Lack of skills is a major problem. It is a shame that we have to restart working on skills in a country that was abundant with skills at one point of time.”

The NSDC has 73 approved projects out of which 59 are based on skills training and 14 are sector skills councils (like the ASDC). “In the automotive industry alone, we have 13 approved partners to train 6.7 million people. This sector needs 35 million more workforce by 2022. NSDC has finished training 1,000 people,” Subbaiah said, adding that nearly 80 per cent of entry level jobs would be covered in the next 5-6 months.

“We have to align training centres with the sector skills councils and train the trainers. Engineering institutes and industrial training institutes (ITI) do not have the right kind of infrastructure. The industry has to join colleges in this front,” he said and added that NSDC is willing to fund more training centres. Praveen Goenka, chairperson, ASDC, said that based on current output, the automotive sector would face severe shortage of manpower in terms of quality and quantity. “The current skill gap is 70 per cent, and outdated syllabi and lack of motivational and creative teaching does not help,” he said.

“According to the National Manufacturing Policy, the manufacturing sector is seeing a 16-17 per cent growth. It also foresees creation of 100 million jobs by 2020. The Auto Mission Plan of 2016 aims to increase output to $125 billion with 10 per cent contribution to GDP. However, if nothing is done, the existing skill gap will only become larger,” Goenka said.

According to an NSDC study in 2010-11, Goenka said the automotive sector is projected to require an additional 2.5 million people over the next decade.

Subbaiah announced that NSDC has received requests for assessment and certification from Gujarat, Assam and West Bengal.