OVERVIEW OF
VOCATIONAL
SCENARIO IN INDIA
o The term “Vocational “ means providing skill and education that prepare for a job,
or training of skilled craftsman.
o The Government of India started the war technician training scheme in the year
1940 at Koni Bilaspur , now in chattisgarh state, long before the new factory
system of manufacturing took rout on India.
o After the completion of Ex-Servicemen’s training scheme, the training of civilians
was started on national basis by establishing industrial training institutes (ITI’s) by
the Government of India in 1950. Under the head of Directorate General of
Employment Training (DGET) in the Ministry of Labour and Welfare.
o Now it’s named as Director General of Training (DGT) under the Ministry of Skill
Development Entrepreneurship.
DIRECTORATE GENERARAL OF
TRAINING (DGT)
Directorate General of Training (DGT) in Ministry of
Skill Development & Entrepreneurship is an apex organization
for development and co ordination of the vocational training
including women’s vocational training of the employable youth
in the country and to provide skilled manpower to the economy.
MAJOR ROLES OF DGT INCLUDE
Policy formulation on vocational training
Revise course curricula
Granting affiliation
Trade testing
Certification
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING
(NCVT)
National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) a
tripartite body was set up through a resolution by
Ministry of Labour in 1956, to advice on issues relating
to ‘Vocational Training’ including craftsman training
scheme such as deciding norms for affiliation. Granting
affiliation to institutes, trade testing and certification.
THE MAJOR FUNCTIONS OF THE
NCVT ARE
Establish and award National Trade certificates in Engineering Trades.
Prescribe standards in respect of syllabi, equipments and scale of space, duration of
course and methods of training.
Lay down condition & to recognize training institutions run by Government or by
Private agencies for purpose of the grant of national trade certificates.
INCLUDING,
Similar councils known as State Council for Vocation Training (SCVT) are
constituted to advice respective state government on issues relating to skill
development.
NCVT MIS PORTAL
Directorate general of training has launched the NCVT MIS portal to access
online information related ITIs including:
• Information of all affiliated government & private industrial training
institutes (ITIs).
• Candidates seeking skill training/apprenticeship training
• Employers seeking skilled workers
• Citizen information & feed back
• ITI & approved courses
E-mail & SMS alerts
• Placement facilitation
• STAR grading of ITIs More details related to NCVT - MIS portal is available
at www.ncvtmis.gov.in
NATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NSDA)
The National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) is a quality
assurance and policy research body of Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship in the skilling ecosystem. The
National Skill Development Agency was notified in june 2013
• To establish and operationalise a Quality Assurance Framework
(QAF) embedded in NSQF to improve consistency of outcomes in
the skills landscape, which include laying down a framework for
training.
NATIONAL SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK (NSQF)
The National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) is a competency - based
framework that organizes all qualifications according to a series of levels of
knowledge, skills and attitude.
These levels, graded from one to ten, are defined in terms of learning outcomes
which the learner must possess regardless of whether they are obtained through
formal, non-formal or informal learning.
NSQF in India was notified on 27th December 2013.
Professional knowledge - what the person must know at that level.
Professional skills - what the person should be able to do at that level.
Core skills - which include soft and interpersonal skills.
Responsibility - the degree of supervision that needs to be exercised over the
person while doing the job, or the degree of supervision that person is capable
of exercising over others.
CRAFTSMEN TRAINING SCHEME (CTS)
The Directorate General of Training (DGT) (erstwhile DGE &T,
Ministry of Labour and Employment) in the Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India initiated
Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) in 1950 by establishing about
50 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) for imparting skills in
various vocational trades to meet the skilled manpower
requirements for technology and industrial growth of the country.
AN OVERVIEW OF APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING SCHEME
Apprentices. Act, 1961 was enacted with the prime
objective to utilize fully the facilities available in
industry for imparting practical training with a view
to meeting the requirements of skilled manpower
for industry. Initially, the Act covered the
apprenticeship training for the trade Apprentices
and subsequently amended in 1973, 1986 and 2014
to bring the Graduates, Technician, Technician
(Vocational) and Optional Trade Apprentices
Designated trade: Designated trade means any trade or
occupation as notified by the Government.
Optional trade: Optional trade means any trade or
occupation decided by an employer. Categories of
apprentices There are five categories of apprentices:
Trade apprentices
Graduate apprentices
Technician apprentices
Technician (Vocational) apprentices
Optional trade apprentices
TESTING AND CERTIFICATION OF TRADE APPRENTICES
All India trade tests (AITT) for trade apprentices
are conducted by National Council of Vocational
Training (NCVT) twice a year
(October/November and April/ May). • National
Apprenticeship Certificates (NAC) are awarded
to those who pass the AITT. • NAC is recognized
for employment under Govt./ Semi - Government
departments/ organizations.
STIPEND
The minimum rate of stipend per month
payable to trade apprentices.
CRAFT INSTRUCTOR TRAINING SCHEME (CITS)
Training of craft instructors is the responsibility of Directorate
General of Training (DGT), Ministry of skill Development and
Entrepreneurship.
The craft instructors’ Training Scheme is operational since
inception of the Craftsmen Training Scheme. The first craft
instructors’ Training Institute was established in 1948.
Objective of the Craft Instructor Training is to train Instructors in
the techniques of transferring hands - on skills, in order to train
semi - skilled / skilled manpower for industry. Structure of
training programme is such that comprehensive training both in
skill development and training methodology is imparted to the
trainees.
WOMEN TRAINING NSTIS (ERSTWHILE NVTI/RVTIS)
NSTIs for women are set up mainly to produce
women instructors. These trained instructors provide
training to students through a network of Industrial
Training Institutes (ITIs) all over the country.
NSTIs for women have been set up keeping in mind
the need of women belonging to lower income strata
group and weaker sections of the society. Many
practices like raw material, merit-cum-means
stipend/scholarship.
SHORT TERM COURSES
Short term courses are conducted in to impart
training and updating the skills of Engineers /
Supervisors / Technicians / Executives of
Industrial personnel & faculties of educational
institutions through courses of short duration
conducted in modules and tailor made courses as
per the specific needs of their industries / Govt
Estt. / PSUs / Technical Institutions
