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10/06/22 08:45 AM IST

30 districts awarded for exemplary planning in skill development

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  • The 2nd edition of ‘Awards for Excellence in District Skill Development Planning’ (DSDP) were organised  at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi where top 30 districts were awarded for their innovative best practices in skill development in the region.
Details 
  • Rajkot in Gujarat, Cachar in Assam and Satara in Maharashtra respectively were ranked top three among all participating districts.
  • The Centre’s intention to build an ancillary skill ecosystem where multi-skilling opportunities gave rise to ‘village engineers’ and increased livelihood chances.
  • The science and method behind skill planning should aim to catalyse the local economy by creating multiple avenues of skilling and multiple job roles.
DSDP Awards 
  • DSDP Awards were instituted under the Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) Scheme by MSDE in June 2018 to promote decentralised planning, acknowledge and reward the extraordinary and innovative work done by districts in the field of skill development.
  • The first DSDP Awards were held in 2018-19, with 228 districts from 19 states participating in the initiative. Districts with plans of fostering innovation and enabling local livelihoods with skill development initiatives were shortlisted for the awards.
Significance of Awards 

  • MSDE envisages these awards will encourage all District Skill Committees (DSCs) and will promote better understanding around DSDP by using capabilities for implementing targeted projects at the district level.
  • The project aims to maximise the impact of SANKALP’s primary initiative, which is to strengthen institutional mechanisms for skill development at the state and district levels.
Sankalp 
  • Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion ("SANKALP") is a programme under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship with loan assistance from the World Bank.
  • It aims to improve short-term skill training qualitatively and quantitatively through strengthening institutions, bringing in better market connectivity and inclusion of marginalised sections of the society.
Source- PIB 

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