siliconindia | | October 20189job ready. This harsh disparity, due to absence of practical and soft skills, highlights a crucial need to increase the employability of young graduates. SMEs today, face a tough task to recruit, train, and guide such workers. Here are some ideas that can help us to bridge this gap if implemented in a right way:· Revamping the Education System: In India, vocational education is mainly observed as a one-down career, fit for those who have not been able to progress in the formal educational system. This insight needs to be reformed. The need of the hour is an official degree in different trades of vocational education. We also need a strong association between the industry and the academia for rising job-relevant prospectus and for providing lucrative apprentice breaks. Such an association will safeguard that the scholars have the right amount of exposure and exercise for the most appropriate skills and aptitudes necessary in a job-scenario. Educated but jobless is a common story for millions of students in the country. The problem of skill gap in our country is as much about skill mismatch as that of absence of skill in our labour market. This important gap of skill development in India is a main concern and needs to be bridged, for us to remain modest in the world market. · Creating Standard Assessments: Over the years, a necessity for a standard, nation-wide skill valuations and authorization methodology has been strongly felt. By setting-up a central skill development university, which follows international standards in assessment and testing, we can setup a reliable, sustainable, and robust apparatus. Such a step will be supportive for students (be offering a nationally recognized degree), and build transparency and reliability for the hiring SMEs.· Vocational Training Programs: Very few SMEs have the capitals and means for offering all-inclusive skill development for their employees. This leads to a skill gap within the organisation producing either disguised employment or higher abrasion. To pawn this, a government incentivised vocational training program can be incorporated. Alongside skill training, this will also help in growing employability.One of the models for connecting the skill gap is through Public Private Partnership. The present government, through Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) and National Skill Development Corporation India (NSDC) have offered several prospects for tycoons to step-up and create ventures for imparting skill education.Industry-Academia PartnershipsOne of the important means to grab the problem of mislaid job inclination in the Indian IT sector is partnerships between the industry and academia. Many IT companies are connecting with engineering colleges and universities. Infosys has launched a platform called `Campus Connect' to support the education being given at numerous engineering colleges, with the necessities of the industry. Wipro on track has also come-up with a program called the Wipro Academy of Software Excellence, in collaboration with BITS (Pilani) to make fresh alumni for careers in software programming and deliver them with the essential skills. With over 147 centres across Mumbai, we have trained nearly 3500 students in various fields like hospitality, automobile, healthcare and many others. CEDP Skill Institute Mumbai has also taken a step ahead in skill revolution of our country. Many multinationals have also recognized associations with theoretical institutions on specific initiatives covering faculty up-gradation, residencies, curriculum revision workshops, research incubation, and more, combining the designers of the new global economy. The Cisco Networking Academy (NetAcad) is also aimed as a timely rejoinder to these challenges. The core curriculum integrates hands-on experience when instructing students about computer networks. At present, there are over 160 Cisco Academies (across 26 states & union territories) with 7600+ student presently registered in the program and 4900+ professionals have already graduated in CCNA. ConclusionBy making skills training an important right, the government can surface the way for youth in rural India to release their hidden potential and be a part of nation building. Vocational training, skills development, and value education need to be made available to youth in the distant and rural areas. It is high time now for us to restart the Indian education system and act on various joint initiatives by the industry and academia in plugging the talent gap in the years to come. Certainly, the country's ability to grab the chances obtainable to its young population completely depends on its achievement to tackle the issues afflicting its education and vocational training. Moreover, businesses must find the right equilibrium between building skills for today and preparing for an uncertain future, which demands for nimble learning systems that are mountable, technology-driven, and inventive. Shaheen Khan
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