CENTRAL ENGAGEMENT
FOOD SECTOR SKILL COUNCIL
Food Industry Capacity & Skill Initiative (FICSI) is a Not-for-Profit Organization, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The Council has been promoted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) with financial support by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
“Creating a robust and vibrant eco-system for quality education and skill development in the Food Processing Sector in the country”.
STATE ENGAGEMENT
SEEDAP(DDU-GKY)
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) aims to skill rural youth who are poor and provide them with jobs having regular monthly wages or above the minimum wages. It is one of the cluster of initiatives of the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India that seeks to promote rural livelihoods. It is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) – the Mission for poverty reduction called Aajeevika. This scheme derives importance from its potential to reduce poverty. It is also designed to be a major contributor to the Prime Minister’s ‘Make in India‘ campaign.
PMKVY
PradhanMantriKaushalVikasYojana (PMKVY) is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE). The objective of this Skill Certification Scheme is to enable a large number of Indian youth to take up industry-relevant skill training that will help them in securing a better livelihood. Individuals with prior learning experience or skills will also be assessed and certified under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
APSSDC
The Govt. of AP has formed 7 different Missions to achieve double digit growth for the state and to make AP among the most developed state in the country. Among these, the Knowledge and Skills Mission has been formed to provide trained and skilled manpower to all other Missions. To bring the faster execution State Government Andhra Pradesh has established The Department of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (DSDEI) has been further created to coordinate and synergize skilling efforts of all departments. Under which APSSDC is formed.
APBOCWW
The Andhra Pradesh Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board was established by the Government of Andhra Pradesh under Section 18 of Building & Other Construction Workers (RE&CS) Act, 1996 primarily for formulating and implementing the various Welfare schemes for the benefit of the Building & Other Construction Workers in the Andhra Pradesh. The Board has come into existence with effect from 30-04-2007.
NDLM
National Digital Literacy Mission (‘NDLM’) has been initiated with the vision to empower at least one person per household with crucial digital literacy skills by 2020. This is expected to touch the lives of more than 250 million individuals over the next few years. NDLM is an effort to complement government’s vision to transform one from each household as digitally literate. The project aims at helping adults with low technological literacy develop the skills they need to interact in an increasingly digital world.
Vocational Training Provider – VTP
“To meet the demand for specific skills of a high order, a Public Private Partnership between Government and industry is proposed to promote skills development program under the name “Skill Development initiative…..”
Accordingly, Ministry of Labour& Employment undertook development of a new strategic framework for skill development for early school levers and existing workers, especially in the un-organized sector in close consultation with industry, micro enterprises in the un-organized sector, State Governments, experts and academia which were essential considering their educational, social and economic background.
Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
Entrepreneurship promotion and development Programmes are being organized regularly to nurture the talent of youth by enlightening them on various aspects of industrial/business activity required for setting up MSMEs. These Programmes are conducted for youth and other people interested to set up their own industrial/self-employment venture. Such activities are also organized in ITIs, Polytechnics and other technical institutions/business schools, where skill/talent is available to motivate them towards self-employment.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) by NSDC
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is a platform to provide recognition to the informal learning or learning through work to get equal acceptance as the formal levels of education. It aims to appreciate prior learning irrespective of the medium of achieving it. In short, RPL is a process of assessment of an individual’s prior learning to give due importance to learning as an outcome rather than learning as process.