A total of 12793 persons were trained under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) and 1291 received placements in Chhattisgarh under Short Term Training of PMKVY as per 2016-20 plan as on December 14, 2017, the Central Government has informed.
As on December 14, 2017, 39 lakh (appx.) candidates have been trained (27.5 lakh STT + 6.5 lakh RPl) / undergoing training (5 lakh appx.) under Short Term Training and Recognition of Prior learning under the scheme in the country.
Under PMKVY 2015-16, it was not mandatory for training providers to report employment data. However, as per the data reported on SDMS, out of total 19.8 lakh trained candidates, 2.5 lakh candidates have been provided with the placement offers, it informed.
Under PMKVY 2016-20, which started from October 2, 2016 onwards, placement tracking is mandatory. The placement data is reported within 90 days of certification of trained candidate. As per data reported on SDMS, 9.54 lakh candidates were trained; out of these 6.8 lakh candidates were certified. Out of the certified candidates, 2.45 lakh candidates have been placed in various sectors across the country.
Notably, Chhattisgarh received Rs 352.82 crore for Vocationalisation of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (VS&HSE) during the current financial year, the Central Government has informed.
Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship through National Skill Development Corporation is supporting Ministry of Human Resource and Development and State Government for implementation of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Vocationalisation of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (VS&HSE) and also supporting UGC for the curriculum alignment / assessments of the three schemes namely Community College, Bachelor of Vocation (B.Voc) & DDU Kaushal Kendras which is being introduced in colleges and universities.
The Central Government has already started inviting project proposals under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) in Chhattisgarh to provide a major boost to skill development of rural youth.
It may be recalled that Technical Education Minister Prem Prakash Pandey had informed during budget session of Chhattisgarh Assembly in March this year that a total of 93,264 youth were trained in 2016-17 in all the 27 districts of the State under the Skill Development Programme.
In a written reply to BJP member Shivratan Sharma, the Minister had informed that out of 93,264 trained youth, 27116 got employment.
The State Public Works Department (PWD) has also embarked upon the work of constructing 17 new buildings for Polytechnic colleges at a cost of Rs 139 crore in 15 districts in the fiscal 2016-17.
PWD Minister Rajesh Munat had stated that four Polytechnic college buildings at a cost of Rs 31 crore had already been completed.
The construction works on the other 13 college buildings had been going on at a rapid pace. The Polytechnic college buildings had been completed at Mahasamund, Rajnandgaon,Baloda Bazar-Batapara districts and expansion plans are underway at Durg district, he said.
Munat said that 13 Polytechnic colleges buildings are being constructed in 12 districts at a cost of Rs 107.95 crore.
New Polytechnic colleges were sanctioned for Chhattisgarh during April 2015.
The colleges were established under the 11th Five Year Plan as part of Central government's Sub-mission on Polytechnic under the coordinated action for skill development.
The Polytechnic colleges are being established in states having less number of Polytechnic colleges, officials informed.
Officials further said under this scheme already nine out of 11 Polytechnic colleges have already been established in Koriya, Jashpur, Kanker, Narayanpur, Bijapur, Ramanujganj, Bilaspur, Raipur and Bastar.
In Dantewada the Polytechnic College has been established with help of NMDC while in Janjgir Champa the State government has set up the college.
There is limited participation of the private sector in skill development space in Chhattisgarh, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has observed in its study report.
Notably, the NSDC had got carried out a ‘skill gap study' for the State of Chhattisgarh’ last year.
The NSDC in its recommendation had advised the State government to form ‘State-level Industry-Vocational Education Council’ in collaboration with existing industry bodies.
Under the tie-up, the industry bodies could be tasked with facilitation of industry participation in design and delivery of courses and skill development programmes, it has advised. If it happens, it is going to a great achievement for government regarding helping the youths.
It also recommended Employee satisfaction survey with on/off campus companies.
The NSDC advised facilitation of two-way sabbatical /exchange programme between industry and ITIs to address issue of industry orientation of faculty.
District-level incremental manpower requirements estimation indicates that the districts of Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur, Korba and Raigarh account for around 47 per cent of the manpower requirement with most incremental demand to be generated in sectors such as Agriculture, manufacturing( mineral and metal based), building an construction, mining and quarrying and trade ( wholesale and retail), it had observed in its report.
In terms of manpower supply, the estimated incremental supply over the aforesaid period is around 34.27 lakh.The proportion of incremental supply of skilled manpower is 55 per cent compared to 27 per cent of semi skilled and 18 per cent of skilled manpower ( 2012-22).
During the period 2012-22, the incremental demand supply of the State to be a surplus of about 3.83 lakhs i.e. the State will have excess of incremental manpower supply.
While a shortage of manpower is likely to be expected across semi-skilled (0.72 lakhs) segment, an excess supply is estimated in the skilled (1.34 lakhs) and minimally skilled (3.21 lakhs segment), it observed.