Unemployment is a huge problem in India and it is persistently on the rise. With the Make in India concept, by the Prime Minister, Narendera Modi, in view of rising number of unemployment in the country, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is making cognizant efforts to address the issue.
India is among the “Young Countries” in the world, with the proportion of the work force in the age group of 15-59 years, growing bit by bit. However, present status shows only 2% of the total employees in India have undergone skills development training; India can become the worldwide sourcing hub for the skilled employees.
Skills and knowledge are the motivating force of the financial growth and community development of any country. They have become even more important given the increasing pace of globalization and technological changes provide both challenges that are taking place in the world.
Skill building can be viewed as a device to improve the usefulness and contribution of labour to overall production. It is an important ingredient to push the production possibility front line outward and to take growth rate of the economy to a higher route. Skill building could also be seen as an instrument to empower the individual and improve their social acceptance.
But, even after 69 years of our independence, we have not able to solve the problem of unemployment. In fact, every pass-out from school, college or IIT, IIM, wants to have white-collared job while in the market there is a need of black-collared job, who are having various skills as per requirement of the market.
At the same time, the government cannot provide jobs to all but have not started concentrating to build the skills among them to make them self-dependent to earn their livelihood.
The institutions prepare their students with excellent standard and reputable skills and one such skilled person can handle 100 semi-skilled workers.
It is an admitted fact that a skilled person does not need to worry about his income as he will always have a demand in the market.
Despite the fact that fifty percent of working population of our country is self-employed, a plumber, electrician, carpenter, motor mechanics are still in demand in the market. Collaborating it with the attitude of the pass-outs, this demand will continue to exist till such time we inculcate among the youths that governments jobs would not be available for all and you have to train yourself as per the demand in the market so that those are in need of their services are after them.
Keeping all this in view, Skill Development Ministry has been created with sole objects to establish a uniform standard of each course under one platform so that a trained person can be the best in the industry. The ministry has defined the desired outcome of the training, number of hours, methodology and the required job norms.
As Indian employers compete with the best in the world, they will increasingly demand the best-trained personnel. In the medium term, India's surplus labour will coincide with labour shortages in many parts of the world, giving it a chance to provide the 'workforce of the world.' But the country can do this only if its trained personnel meet the quality standards demanded internationally. Thus, acquisition of skills is the future of the Indian job market and its global economic clout.
Vocational education must begin from the early stages. It must be introduced in schools such that it coheres with academic options rather than competing with them. Learners should be given 'taster' opportunities accompanied by professional career advice and guidance.
Presently, the course in the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) are two years and the challenge is to bring down the length of training while raising the quality so that the return on investment for employers is better guaranteed.
I don’t hesitate to say here that globally India ranks second in terms of population and increasing population pressure is also adding to the burden of unemployment.
It is universally acknowledged that India has an enormous demographic dividend. By 2026, nearly 65% of our population will be between 15-64 years (with 35% being below 35). Given that, the country is poised to become the world’s single destination for skilled human resources. However, only 25% of India’s graduates, less than 10% of MBA graduates and 17% of engineers are employable
Since the actual employment in India is 2.2% which is almost equivalent to the US, the problem is not too bad in our country. The people who have their landed property and have every comfort in their life are also counted in the list of unemployed.
So unemployment is a curable disease and it can be dealt with effectively if the youths searching for jobs introspect on their abilities and qualities. Everyone has a talent but the call for is how to set a target and how to achieve it.
It is not only the Centre Government to be blamed, the state governments have to skill their people as per the set standards in terms of certification and as per requirement in the market apart from helping them to get employment opportunities.
Frankly speaking, skill development is the only essential ingredient to future economic growth in India as the country transforms into a diversified and internationally competitive economy. India needs to aggressively invest in providing skills to its youth to capitalize on this untapped potential.
No doubt the Skill Development ministry has their own website –msdev.gov.in – so that any company, any industry that requires skilled people, could pick them as per their requirement but there is need to put a strict condition with specific percentage for the service providers to give placement of skilled people from the registered on the site.
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HARISH MONGA, Staff Correspondent & Feature Writer
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