Skills Gaps

Skilling failure: Govt must streamline delivery models for better outcomes

With the launch of the Skill India Mission, NSDC became nodal implementing agency for myriad skills under this umbrella, a function that demands a significantly different set of managerial abilities

Anupam Mittal warns against deep-tech push, urges AI skilling for real jobs

Shaadi.com founder Anupam Mittal warns against India's tech-first AI obsession, urging focus on job creation and inclusive skilling for a billion-plus workforce

Hammers fall silent: Why Odisha's bell metal craft is melting away

Though the craft is ingrained in Odisha's traditions, the artisans struggle with low wages, lack of policy support, and the vice-like grip of middlemen

UK unveils £3 billion plan to train 120k workers, cut reliance on migrants

The UK Labour government's 'skills revolution' includes new apprenticeships, bootcamps, and English language reforms to reduce foreign labour dependence

Skill ministry proposes 36% hike in stipend for apprentices under NAPS

MSDE suggests CPI-linked revisions and broader industry coverage under apprenticeship schemes to reduce dropouts and align training with emerging sector demands

Certified gains: More skills mean more rewards in India's IT sector

The Cloud training and consulting company questioned more than 800 respondents in 113 cities to explore IT skills' impact on career

Five Centres of Excellence for skilling likely to be set up in NSTIs

The CoEs will also be empowered to operationalise higher national skill qualification framework (NSQF) level (level 5-level 8) courses which are not well represented in the skilling ecosystem

Micro-credentials help academia and enterprises fill skill gaps: Coursera

Karine Allouche, general manager for enterprise at Coursera, highlighted that 95 per cent of Indian higher education leaders believe micro-credentials help create job-ready graduates

Statsguru: Youth employability declines amid looming AI disruption

The unemployment rate for those aged 15 and above with graduate-level education has dropped over the years in both rural and urban areas

India ranks among the world's best in readiness for future in-demand jobs

According to the QS World Future Skills Index, India ranked 25th overall and excelled in the 'future of work' metric, achieving the second-highest global score of 99.1, just behind the US

Attracting and retaining talent remains key concern in banking: KPMG Report

Majority banking leaders across the world say they would be willing to reward employees who made effort to return to office

India's main challenge is skills gap for young: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Sitharaman will head to Washington, DC, for the Annual Meetings of IMF and the World Bank, as well as the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meetings and other high-level discussions

Sought and wooed: Technology skills employers want around the world

India is among countries making the greatest demand for data analytics from their workforces

We must raise the bar to impart lifelong learning in B-schools: Bijapurkar

Reflecting on her own experiences, Bijapurkar noted that her generation, which largely lacked formal economics training before the 1991 economic reforms, survived by continually learning

Skill gap widening as AI, automation advances: Experts at BSmart conclave

Dr Hema Bajaj, Ruhie Pande, Amit Das, and Dr Suryanarayan G Iyer speak with Nivedita Mookerji at the BSmart HR Conclave on the growing skill gaps and evolving workforce dynamics

Raising the skilling bar: Young India needs reimagined vocational education

Nation-building education is the govt's job. It should do it with the same might it used for the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Aadhaar linking, Covid vaccination drive, and financial inclusion initiative

Only 16% corporations believe graduates are industry-ready: Report

Even as 70 per cent of academic institutions believe their graduates are well-equipped for the corporate world, only 16 per cent of companies believe in the same, which showcases an existing gap between university curricula and industry expectations, a report said on Wednesday. "There is a significant gap in perception regarding the industry readiness of graduates. While 70 per cent of academic institutions believe their graduates are well-equipped for the corporate world from day one, only 16 per cent of companies share this view. This disparity highlights a persistent challenge in aligning academic curricula with industry expectations," AI-powered recruitment automation firm HirePro's report 'Momentum 2024: The New Reality in College Hiring'. The 'Momentum 2024: The New Reality in College Hiring' report is based on inputs from over 20,000 candidates, over 350 colleges, and over 200 corporates, along with interviews with over 100 campus talent recruiters. The report also revealed a

'Internship scheme a complicated solution to a complicated issue': Fin secy

At 'Budget with BS: The Fine Print,' Finance Secretary TV Somanathan said companies costs for interns will be funded through their CSR budgets

Budget 2024: What did FM Nirmala Sitharaman say about the middle class

Union Budget 2024-25: Emphasis on employment, skilling, and MSMEs, but no tax relief for the middle class

Bridging the skill gap

Quality training remains an elusive goal