Teamlease Skill University, one the vocational education university, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India to promote apprenticeship in the country. As part of the MoU, TlSU (Teamlease Skill University) through its National Employability through Apprentice Program (NETAP) will assist the Government to bring more apprentices and employers into the fold of apprenticeship programmes. In terms of the MoU, NETAP is proposed to facilitate the engagement of five lakh apprentices and expand the NETAP scheme to include over 2,000 new employers over the next three years.
As part of the MoU, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship will allow Teamlease Skill University’s NETAP programme to set the curriculum for apprenticeship training. It will also allow employer partners of NETAP to set the number of apprentices that they chose to engage paving way for greater employer participation.
From an apprentice perspective, the partnership will offer them an opportunity to choose apprenticeship at any of the Teamlease NETAP partners which covers more than 26 high growth industries for the duration of six to 24 months. Apart from on-the-job training, all trainees will receive 200 hours access to the cloud campus of Teamlease Skills University for English, soft skills and basic computers. Further they will also be rewarded with a stipend that is equal to minimum wages for unskilled employees as per the Apprentices Act, 1961. A comprehensive programme, it includes all diploma holders, vocation education or vocational training certificate holder (ITI) and standard VIII pass-outs in accordance with the Apprentices Act, 1961.