Skill Development: Indian Scenario
February 06, 2023In his speech on education and skill development, the Hon. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi said that the moment has come for India to benefit from its demographic dividend. Our trainers must be prepared to deliver content using digital technologies and digital content, which will become increasingly important. Our job roles need to be revised in order to better reflect the demands of the modern workplace. The establishment of e-labs and the development of a digital ecosystem for skilling and livelihood are efforts to realise the objective of a skilled and empowered nation.
The Digital Ecosystem for Skilling and Livelihood (DESHstack), a digital infrastructure with regulating protocols for the education and skills community, was introduced in the Union Budget 2022. DESH is a programme of the Skill India Mission.
India has a lower literacy rate than some of the least developed nations, at roughly 70%, and just 20% of its population is employable. Literacy extends beyond schooling to include skills, which include technical knowledge, occupational skills, transferrable skills, digital skills, and other knowledge and skills necessary for employment and subsistence. According to a survey, only 25% of the Indian workforce has participated in a skill development programme, despite the country's need for a larger pool of trained workers.
Since skilled workers enjoy exceptional career progress and contribute to the expansion of their businesses in a similar manner to less skilled workers, many organisations now favour talented workers over less skilled ones.