In pursuance of the decision taken at the first Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog held on 8 February 2015, the Sub-group of Chief Minsters on Skill Development was constituted on 9 March 2015 (and partially modified on 24 March 2015) to address issues pertaining to human resources, especially youth and to work on scientific methods on moving towards creating a pool of skilled manpower.
The Sub-Group serviced by NITI Aayog Adviser (Labour and Employment) and Adviser (Rural Development) would assist the CEO NITI Aayog towards the following:
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To suggest measures to strengthen the State Skill Development Missions to enhance capacity and improve standards of skilling at the State level;
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To examine private sector participation in skill development and to suggest ways for improved partnership of private sector in curriculum development, delivery mechanism, pedagogy, certification, trainer attachment, apprenticeship training and financing;
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To propose measures to expand outreach of skilling programmes, particularly in demographically advantageous States
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To recommend measures for dealing with shortage of trainers /instructors/assessors;
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To suggest ways for mobilizing panchayats, municipalities and civil society organisations as also the Railways and Armed Forces to participate in these efforts;
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To propose ways of career guidance and post training placement tracking
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To suggest State level innovative measures for up-scaling of pilots, sharing best practices, dissemination and replication by the other StateslUTs
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Any other measures
Read More: Full Report of the Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Skill Development