Lack of support from corporates staggers vocational training
By siliconindia   |   Wednesday, 26 May 2010, 15:09 IST   |    2 Comments
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Delhi: The agreement and plan of developing the vocational skill in the country has not brought about any change in the ground level. Analysts suggest that the transient, ineffective nature of the financial scheme and the restricted participation of the corporate sector stands, as a hindrance in the growth of the vocational training. In order to surmount this crisis the Institute of Applied Manpower (IAMR) has proposed to impose tax on the private sector as done in countries like Germany and Brazil. This levy would act as a constant source of funding for centers like Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and other vocational training institutes. "The financing of skill development in India definitely needs to be looked into by the policy makers. The participation of the private sector, which will need the skills one seeks to develop, is extremely limited till now and the utilisation of state funds is not encouraging," said IAMR Director General Santosh Mehrotra. 80percent of the funds is poured into the salary of the teachers and there are no initiatives taken to improve the finance for the vocational courses. As these organizations do not possess any autonomy of their own it leads to the participation of the private sector in adoption of ITIs and Industrial Training Centers (ITCs). According to the World Bank the public funding for training in India is arbitrary in nature and lacks in transparent funding formula. The allocation of resources of the state government depends on the needs of the priority section. "This is the common failing of supply-driven models of vocational training," says an IAMR paper on skill development in India

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