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25/08/22 10:25 AM IST

10 mn apprenticeships in 10 yrs

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  •  Doubling the number of apprenticeships from around 500,000 at present to 1 million per year will help address unemployment in the country, according to a report released by TeamLease Services in association with JustJobs Network.
Apprenticeship
  • An apprenticeship is a paid job where the employee learns and gains valuable experiences. It may involve on-the-job along with part-time classroom study.
  • India currently has only 5 lakh apprentices, which constitutes 0.11% of the pool of apprentices worldwide.
  • Unemployment rate in India was 3.3% (2020-21)- with the youth unemployment rate at 12.9%
  • Formal training in India remains low at less than 4% (In South Korea, more than 90% are formally trained)
Measures taken by the government 
  • National Policy of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015 (strongly focuses on apprenticeship as a means to provide gainful employment)
  • Apprentice Protsahan Yojna (Government reimburses the cost of basic training of apprentices)
  • National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS) (1-year apprenticeship programme, under the Ministry of Education)
  • National Employability through Apprenticeship Program (a PPP programme to hire 2 lakh apprentices every year for the next 10 years, under the Ministry of Skill Development)
  • It also releases Apprenticeship Outlook Report
  • National Apprenticeship Mela (support hiring of more than one lakh apprentices)
  • SHREYAS (scheme for higher education youth in apprenticeship and skill)YuWaah Youth Skilling Initiative
  • Apprentices Act, 1961(regulates training of apprentices in the industry)
Challenges 
  • Complex labour and regulatory requirements for firms who hire apprentices
  • In India, academic education (theoretical) is preferred over vocational training (practical)
  • Significant mismatch between what the world of work needs and what youth knows
  • Apprentices are seen as the source of cheap labour and enjoy inadequate protections.
  • Lack of information and matching of skillset for the employee as well as employer
  • Government sector lacks behind g., of 339 Central PSUs, only 150 engage apprentices.
Source- Business Standard 

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