Rudy launches Transnational Skill Standards aligned to UK

Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy today launched Transnational Skill Standards benchmarked to the United Kingdom across 82 identified job roles, aiming to to support international mobility of Indian workforce.
"Standardisation of vocational education is crucial in bringing about a level in the efficiency of the skilled workforce.
"It is our endeavour that we benchmark the standards so as to support international mobility of Indian workforce and also prepare them to work in international companies establishing their operations in the country," Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rudy said.
Besides, the launch also witnessed signing of Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) that will enable sharing of best practice, staff exchange, and development of new models to increase employer engagement and investment in skills.

"India and the UK have been collaborating on skill development since a long time now and this is yet another effort to bring more quality in vocational education which will open more avenues for employment across countries for the youth," British High Commissioner India Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG said.
In January this year, Indian & UK sector skill councils met to decide on the methodology to undertaking this unique initiative.

A common set of project documentation was created by the National Skill Development Corporation and Federation of Industry Skills & Standards and the Sector Skill Councils partners were allowed to develop their own approach to the task.

Representatives of the sector skill councils of both the nations worked together over a span of 3 months from January 2016 for mapping and benchmarking of the identified job roles.
The Transnational Standards highlight the gaps between Indian Standards against the UK standards and provide a workable document to create bridge courses on the identified gaps between the standards of the two countries.