Paper presented by Dr. Anup Kumar Das in National Seminar on Christianity and Indian Culture, at Salesian College, Siliguri, India, August 2013.

1. Christian Missionary Institutions and
Skills Development in India:
A Baseline Survey
Anup Kumar Das
Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Presented at National Seminar on Christianity and Indian Culture
Salesian College, Siliguri 2013

2. Driving Forces
• India is enjoying a demographic dividend vis-à-vis ageing
countries.
• India will have one-fourth of global workforce by 2022.
• Emerging economies in global south – enjoy globalization
effect of job creation in export-oriented industries.
• Government’s efforts in inclusive growth
• Current capacity for skill development in the country is 3.1
million (2007 estimate).
• Target of skilling 500 million people by 2022 to meet the
challenges of India @ 75 after independence.
• Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) lead in
livelihoods development through jobs creation and access to
skills-based employment.

3. • Jobs need skills, pull skills, and build skills
• Privilege in access to jobs distorts the signals; it hurts and
discourages, rather than encourages, the building of skills.

4. OECD-ILO Strategies for local job creation, skills
development and social protection
(a set of 10 principles and policy suggestions for governments and socio-economic actors)
• Shaping the path to job-rich growth
• Facilitating adjustments to greater trade integration and openness
• Strengthening local institutions through policy coherence between
national and local governments
• Equipping public employment services with right tools to generate labour
market intelligence
• Maximizing skills development and training
• Developing systems of social protection
• Anticipating the impact of demographic changes in local development
• Harnessing infrastructure development with local economic and
employment strategies
• Enabling a sustainable business environment focusing on micro, small and
medium enterprises
• Accelerating the transition to low-carbon economy and sustainable local
development

5. National Vocational Training System in India
• National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) under the
Directorate General of Employment and Training (DGE&T) set
up for designing curricula, maintaining quality standards,
deciding norms of affiliation, granting affiliation to institutes,
trade testing and certification.
• In 1950 GoI introduced Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) for
streamlining ITIs with standardized industry-oriented
curricula.
• In 1959 GoI introduced Apprenticeship Training Scheme (ATS)
for imparting practical training to fresh pass outs of ITIs and
other technical schools for meeting the requirements of
skilled manpower for industry.
• In 1962 GoI introduced Craft Instructor Training Scheme
(CITS) for the training of trainers.

6. National Vocational Training System in India
• In 2007 DGE&T introduced Skill Development Initiative
Scheme (SDIS) and Modular Employable Skills (MES) Scheme
under the SDI scheme.
• Modular courses were introduced in existing NCVT affiliated
ITIs for development of multi-skills manpower as well as
certification and testing of existing workers in unorganized
sector on continuous basis.
• Modular courses are short-term courses with three to six
months’ duration.
• Courses under SDIS also ensure skill-building of school drop-
outs and unorganized sector workers.
• Don Bosco Technical institutes are first set of institutions that
offers courses under MES Scheme.

7. Share of Skill Building by 2022

8. Christian Missionaries in Skills Development in India
• Don Bosco group of institutions initially opened up a network
of Don Bosco Technical Schools across the country, which
runs parallel to the Don Bosco Schools network.
• Don Bosco Technical Schools in Liluah and Krishnanagar were
first set of technical schools established in 1937.
• Flagship Don Bosco Technical Institutes were established in
1965 and 1971 respectively in Kolkata and New Delhi.
• Don Bosco Tech institutes were first set of non-government
ITIs affiliated to NCVT and offer courses under the Craftsmen
Training Scheme.
• Present study found that DBTIs offer national and
international ccertifications such as Certificate of Vocational
Education Examination (CVE-12) of CICSE, WBSCVET,
WBSCTE, City & Guilds of UK.
• In 2006, Don Bosco Tech India (DBTI) was set up as an
umbrella organization at a national level to strengthen the
skill based training and placement.

9. Christian Missionaries in Skills Development in India
• During 2004-2007 time period, DB Tech collaborated with GTZ
(German Technical Cooperation) in their ”Project Advisory
Services towards Restructuring and Expanding National
Vocational Training System (NVTS) with Emphasis on Informal
Sector”,
• Under this project DB Tech designed modular curricula and
courses in electrical technician and tailoring trades. DB Tech
also developed course materials for technical teachers belong
to those trades and tested the curricula in their existing
training centres.
• This GTZ-NVTS experience has contributed towards formation
of DGE&T’s Modular Employable Skills (MES) Scheme under
the Skill Development Initiative Scheme (SDIS).
• This GTZ-NVTS experience also has contributed towards
designing of the Aajeevika Skill Development Programme
(ASDP) under the MoRD

10. Mission and Vision Statement of DB Tech India

11. Aajeevika Skill Development Programme (ASDP)
Target: Rural youth age group of 17-35 years from below poverty line (BPL) families.

12. Target Number of Beneficiaries in Aajeevika

13. Aajeevika – Share of Work by Project
Implementation Agencies
DBTI works in
5 projects
covering 25
states

14. DBTI’s Regional Projects in Skill Development
for Rural Youth
DB Tech Project Name States Covered No. of Youth
to be Trained
Duration
Skill Development for
Rural Youth in North -
Central states
Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh,
Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh,
Jharkhand, Orissa, Bihar, Madhya
Pradesh
11800 Ongoing (October 2009
- December 2012)
Skill Development for
Rural Youth in East &
North Eastern States
Assam, Arunachal Pradesh,
Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura &
Sikkim
9400 Ongoing (December
2009-December 2011)
Skill Development for
Rural Youth in
Meghalaya & Nagaland
Meghalaya & Nagaland 7800 Ongoing (November
2010-November 2013)
Skill Development for
Rural Youth in South-
West States
Andhra Pradesh, , Maharashtra &
Tamil Nadu
7800 Completed (March 2010
- March 2012)
Skill Development for
Rural Youth in South
States
Goa, Karnataka, Kerala 7800 Completed (March 2010
- March 2012)
Total 25 states 44600

15. Top Twelve Trades in ASDP

16. Skills Components in ASDP’s Course Curricula

17. Himayat – Share of Work by Project
Implementation Agencies
Name of the Project
Implementation Agency
Projects
sanctione
d
No. of Youth
to be
Trained
Project
Duration
Funds to be
released to
PIAs (Rs. in
Crores)
Don Bosco Tech 3 16,920 5 years 44.97
IL&FS Education & Technology 3 23,400 3 years 43.89
CAP Foundation 3 6,200 3 years 14.99
India Can 3 7,860 3 years 14.99
Present Total 54,380 118.84
Target 100,000 5 years 235.00
Source: http://himayat.org/partners.html as on 13/06/2013

18. Concluding remarks
• DB Tech in particular, and Christian Missionaries in general, are offering
commendable services for skill building of underprivileged sections of
population and help them in coming out of poverty through skills-based
jobs.
• ASDP and its sub-schemes ensure skill building of rural youth, their job-
diversification, and help them in coming out of poverty through
placement-linked skills-based jobs
• ASDP improves capability to reaching out skills required for informal and
unorganized sectors and/or people in informal sectors
• Increasing capacity and quality of skills development and vocational
education improve productivity in micro enterprises, and SMEs .
• Who is more efficient in school-to-work smooth transition>> ASDP or
NVTS or vocational stream at high school level.
• Sector Skills Councils of National Skill Development Corporation should
collaborate with DB Tech for reaching out to under-represented sections
of population in sectoral skills-capacity building.

19. • Thank You
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