Such recognition will pave way for adoption of skill-development as a national agenda. This was a key message that came out the CII International Conclave on Skills Development, held in New Delhi on December 12.
Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar, Member, Planning Commission, while speaking at the CII International Conclave on Skills Development, informed that 11th Five Year Plan has a provision to create 70 million new jobs and invited industry to support government to execute the same. He said that the Government is drafting National Skill Development Mission with the support of industry and asked CII to submit a draft report on its recommendation buy end of December 2008. Dr. Mungekar said that issues of poverty and employment generation can be solved by skill development. India should also find ways to ensure woman empowerment, he added.Partnership is required between employability and education; industry and the Government and between the countries said Mr. Vijay Thadani, Chairman, CII Education Committee and CEO, NIIT Ltd. Seamlessness should be brought in the education system and skill should be the criteria of identity, he said. Lifelong learning should be promoted to make India stronger in the world skill stage, added Mr. Thadani.
Ms. D Purandeswari, Minister of State (HRD), Government of India said that 10,000 additional vocational schools will be opened in the 11th Five Year Plan to support the skill development initiative of the government. Corporate sector needs to step up to center-stage to ensure the success of Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) in setting up the new vocational schools, she said.
Dr. Uma Tuli, Founder and Managing Secretary, Amar Jyoti Foundation appreciated CIIs effort in skill development and support to Indian Contingent for the 7th International Abilympics and termed the organisation as caring institution that inspires. She said that industry and other organisations with convergence of resources can bring the disabled to the mainstream. Mr. Manfred Haebig, Programme Director, Promotion of Industrial Services and Employment (PISE), German Technical Cooperation - GTZ, presented the possibilities of Indo-German cooperation in the area of skill development and ensured involvement in skill development as a permanent PPP, development of training markets and institutionalised research and counseling.
Lt Gen S S Mehta (Retd), Director General, CII said that we have to find a mechanism to exercise skill as a collateral and open a skill bank for the purpose. Private companies should come together to create a pool of resource to facilitate the skill bank for the country. India needs a decentralised scale of delivery mechanism by creating a National Skill Development Foundation, said Lt. Gen Mehta.
The CII also talked about Skills Guild at the conclave. The CII Skills Guild is the delivery arm of CII Skills Initiative. The purpose of the Guild is to bring together all the delivery partners and facilitate training.
CII has been playing an active part in skill development arena. In Oct 2004, CII had launched a nation-wide Skills Development Initiative in India to provide internationally benchmarked skills to the current and potential Indian work force. This is with a view to train large numbers of people across sectors, in various skills, to meet national requirements for skilled workers.
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Such recognition will pave way for adoption of skill-development as a national agenda. This was a key message that came out the CII International Conclave on Skills Development, held in New Delhi on December 12.
Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar, Member, Planning Commission, while speaking at the CII International Conclave on Skills Development, informed that 11th Five Year Plan has a provision to create 70 million new jobs and invited industry to support government to execute the same. He said that the Government is drafting National Skill Development Mission with the support of industry and asked CII to submit a draft report on its recommendation buy end of December 2008. Dr. Mungekar said that issues of poverty and employment generation can be solved by skill development. India should also find ways to ensure woman empowerment, he added.Partnership is required between employability and education; industry and the Government and between the countries said Mr. Vijay Thadani, Chairman, CII Education Committee and CEO, NIIT Ltd. Seamlessness should be brought in the education system and skill should be the criteria of identity, he said. Lifelong learning should be promoted to make India stronger in the world skill stage, added Mr. Thadani.
Ms. D Purandeswari, Minister of State (HRD), Government of India said that 10,000 additional vocational schools will be opened in the 11th Five Year Plan to support the skill development initiative of the government. Corporate sector needs to step up to center-stage to ensure the success of Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) in setting up the new vocational schools, she said.
Dr. Uma Tuli, Founder and Managing Secretary, Amar Jyoti Foundation appreciated CIIs effort in skill development and support to Indian Contingent for the 7th International Abilympics and termed the organisation as caring institution that inspires. She said that industry and other organisations with convergence of resources can bring the disabled to the mainstream. Mr. Manfred Haebig, Programme Director, Promotion of Industrial Services and Employment (PISE), German Technical Cooperation - GTZ, presented the possibilities of Indo-German cooperation in the area of skill development and ensured involvement in skill development as a permanent PPP, development of training markets and institutionalised research and counseling.
Lt Gen S S Mehta (Retd), Director General, CII said that we have to find a mechanism to exercise skill as a collateral and open a skill bank for the purpose. Private companies should come together to create a pool of resource to facilitate the skill bank for the country. India needs a decentralised scale of delivery mechanism by creating a National Skill Development Foundation, said Lt. Gen Mehta.
The CII also talked about Skills Guild at the conclave. The CII Skills Guild is the delivery arm of CII Skills Initiative. The purpose of the Guild is to bring together all the delivery partners and facilitate training.
CII has been playing an active part in skill development arena. In Oct 2004, CII had launched a nation-wide Skills Development Initiative in India to provide internationally benchmarked skills to the current and potential Indian work force. This is with a view to train large numbers of people across sectors, in various skills, to meet national requirements for skilled workers.
Indias leading management portal MBAUniverse.com was the official media partner of this CII Summit.
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Given the looming skill-crisis in the country, industry and society at large must come forward and respect people trained in specific skills.