Skill Development Watch: Flagship programme registrations cross 2L-mark

The scheme targets to benefit 24 lakh people with training of 14 lakh fresh entrants and certification of 10 lakh people under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

1 min readOct 13, 2015 02:04 AM IST First published on: Oct 13, 2015 at 02:04 AM IST

The NDA government’s flagship skill development programme — the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana — is aimed at mobilising a large number of youth to take up skill training and increase productivity of the existing workforce by aligning their training and certificate to the needs of the nation. Encouraging standardisation in the certification process and initiate a process of creating a registry of skills, alongside providing Monetary Awards for Skill Certification, are among the objectives.

As on July 22, 2015 the 25 participating Sector Skill Council (SSCs) enrolled 2.12 lakh candidates and have already affiliated more than 712 trainings partners and approved 5,176 training centres. The candidates have been enrolled for 201 job roles in 29 states and 4 Union Territories.