World Youth Skills Day 2023: The United Nations General Assembly has decided to celebrate 15 July as World Youth Skills Day 2014. This highlights the importance of empowering those young people with the skills they need to succeed in a rapidly growing job market.
World Youth Skills Day seeks to bridge this gap by promoting vocational training, technical education and other skills-building initiatives. And the theme of World Youth Skills Day 2023 is ‘Teachers, Trainers and Youth Skills for a Transformative Future.’ According to the United Nations, this year’s theme highlights the key role teachers, coaches and other educators play in providing young people with the skills to transition into the labor market and actively participate in the workforce. participate in their community and society.
List of youth skills development programs
The Department of Skills Development and Entrepreneurship is responsible for organizing all skills development initiatives across the country, bridging the gap between the supply and demand of skilled manpower, developing the technical education framework and vocational training, upskilling, developing new skills and encouraging innovative thinking for present and future opportunities. for Business.
MSDE’s 2025 vision statement is “Unleash human capital to drive productivity dividends and bring ambitious jobs and entrepreneurial paths to everyone.” The three outcomes to be achieved are:
- Allows personal economic profit and social mobility;
- Create a learner-centered and needs-driven skills market; And
- Facilitate ambitious jobs and create entrepreneurship, improve overall business productivity and catalyze economic growth.
Plans and initiatives through NSDC
- Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
- Rozgar Mela
- Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (PMKK)
- Capacity building plan
- Married
- School and Higher Education Initiative
- India International Skills Center (IISC)
- Pre-Departure Orientation Training (PDOT)
Schemes and initiatives through DGT
- Worker Training Program (CTS)
- Commercial Instructor Training Program (CITS)
- Apprenticeship under the Apprenticeship Act 1961
- Advanced Vocational Training Program (AVTS)
- Vocational training program for women
- The upgrade scheme is
- Flexible Memorandum of Understanding
- WEIGH
- Initiatives in the Northeast and LWE
- commercial test
- Current initiatives in the context of DGT
- Dual Training System (DST)
- University
Project related to start-up
- Pradhan mantra ‘YUVA’ Yojana
Other plans and initiatives
- Skills Loan Program
- Indian Institute of Skills (IIS)
- SANKALP
- Academic equivalent to professional qualifications
- district of aspiration
- Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
- Technology Initiative
Source: msde.gov.in
Alok Bansal, Managing Director, Global Business Process Management, Visionet Systems, said: “According to the World Economic Forum, rapid digital transformation has ensured that 50% of the total workforce. Employees will need re-skilling by 2025. In addition to digital expertise, the workforce of the future will also need critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Active learning and self-management skills to meet challenges with resilience and stress tolerance Traditional skills and academic degrees are becoming increasingly obsolete as employability Today’s use depends not only on understanding new technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning (ML), etc., but also on organizational and communication skills, leadership qualities, integrity, ethics workplace, reliability, flexibility and teamwork.”
He added: “This is a high demand and a recent report by recruitment firm TeamLease Digital reported that 30% of the 40,000 job postings available in the Indian cybersecurity industry are still vacant due to lack of information. skilled workers, among many other reasons This is why we must be committed to closing such a skills gap, especially in tier 2 and tier 3 cities. This huge untapped must be tapped if we are to maximize our demographic returns.That should be our collective focus when we talk about how we can train people young people and use their energies strategically for the development of India.”
World Youth Skills Day is key to highlighting the importance of skills development among young people. It highlights the need for global action and cooperation to invest in youth skills and empower young individuals to contribute to the social, economic and sustainable development of communities and their country.
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