Public/Private Institutions for Skill Development Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy has said that Government has setup National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) as a Public Private Partnership entity to promote private training providers across the Country. NSDC has incubated 37 Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) which are industry led bodies intended to align the skilling efforts as per the industrys requirement. The SSCs prescribe the National Occupational Standards (NOS) and Qualification Packs (QPs) based on which the training is imparted. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today Shri Rudy said, under the scheme Up-gradation of 1396 Government ITIs through Public Private Partnership, 1227 Government ITIs across the Country have been taken up for up-gradation. The scheme operational since 2007-08 has an outlay of Rs. 3550 crore out of which Rs. 3067.50 crore (Rs. 2.5 crore per ITIs) has already been released. Out of 1227 Government ITIs taken up for up-gradation, 1196 Government ITIs have been adopted by private companies. The Minister said, a mid-term evaluation study has been carried out by V. V. Giri National Labour Institute, Noida in 2012 for the ITIs covered in the scheme Up-gradation of 1396 Government ITIs through Public Private Partnership. As per this study report, on an average 66% of the students passed out from the ITIs covered under the project, got employment in the year 2010-11 in different sectors.
