Tag: vocation
Shortage of skilled workforce in the clothing industry
Under the sponsorship of the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) scheme, a two-day international conference on skills for the clothing sector was...
5 reasons your business should take on an apprentice
Rosalia Wood, ICAEW’s Regional Industrial Strategy Manager, who regularly meets with organization leadership mentions that businesses simply can’t source talent to grow...
REC extends CSR support to provide job-oriented training in UP
REC Limited has promised to provide financial assistance of INR 1.54crore under its CSR initiative to Matrix Society for Social Service. With...
Arunachal Pradesh youth undergo skill development training
There is some great news for the youth of Arunachal Pradesh. The skill development and entrepreneurship department has selected 180 youths across...
Making Apprenticeships Right for SMEs, Part – II
The Indian SME sector is the lynchpin of the country’s economy employing around 40% of the total workforce, next only to agriculture....
Are Skills Training Centres of Excellence Up to the Job?
We continue from Part I - Are Industrial Training Institutes Up to The Job? where we examined the quality of technical and...
Are Industrial Training Institutes Up to The Job?
Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in India are a major pipeline for skills-based and vocational training. From 59 institutions in 1956, there are...
Team India Glory at Global Skills Challenge
Team India bagged two silver and two bronze medals at the 2019 Global Skills Challenge held recently in Melbourne. The winning categories...
Making Indian Education Skills Based
Indian youth are increasingly dismissed by degrees as they grapple with an acute shortage of skills relevant to the workplace. Does the...
Integrating Vocational Training in Mainstream Education
The Indian education system with its prescriptive rote learning approach thwarts the imagination and creativity of learners. No wonder then that children...
