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Present a National Employment Policy for long-term in 4 months: PM Modi tells GoM

At a meeting with PM Modi, a GoM on skill development and employment suggests setting up a Central Board of Vocational Education on the lines of CBSE.

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked a Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted for skill development and employment generation amid the Covid crisis to come up with a National Employment Policy (NEP) within four months, which will serve as a long-term vision document for improving the job scenario in the country, ThePrint has learnt.

On 15 June, Modi held a meeting with the GoM and asked them to bring in a fresh perspective on what needs to be done for employment generation and skill development, said a senior government official who didn’t wish to be named.

At the meet, the GoM presented a document that suggested having an exclusive board called the Central Board of Vocational Education on the lines of the Central Board of Secondary Education. This board will focus on skilled trades and basic subjects like mathematics and language, among others, said the document. ThePrint has seen it.

The meeting was attended by a number of other ministers apart from the GoM members, said two sources in the government.

Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot is the GoM chairman. The other panel members include ministers Mahendra Nath Pandey, Arjun Munda, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Prahalad Singh Patel, V. Muraleedharan, Pratap Chandra Sarangi and G. Kishan Reddy.


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The GoM suggestions

A second official who didn’t wish to be named said the GoM made the final presentation at the 15 June meeting with a number of recommendations.

“The Prime Minister asked the GoM to go ahead with the plan and provide a roadmap too. He also asked the ministries to look beyond the migrant crisis and focus on the entire social landscape and make specific policy suggestions for job creation and skilling,” said the official.

The GoM suggested framing an NEP similar to the National Education Policy, and the PM asked them to complete it within four months, said the officials.

“The policy will have a medium to long term perspective providing a framework for an inter-sectoral strategy for employment and economic growth. It will also look at enhancing the skills and human resource development, including overall labour welfare and labour market governance in the country,” said the GoM document.

“It will also suggest ways to propel demand and employability at the same time,” it said.

The panel also suggested standardisation and certification to ensure better quality and employment-oriented skill ecosystem.

“A new board for vocational education is the need of the hour which will focus on skilled trades and basic subjects like Mathematics, language etc,” said the document. It also suggested setting up Universities of Skill development.

The second official said centres of excellence in trades with statutory status will be established under the aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development.

“The GoM has also said that a dedicated central university for divyang and rehabilitation sciences should also be set up to provide high-quality skills covering rehabilitation therapy and mental health which is expected to have a large market in future,” the official said.


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