New Delhi, Nov 22: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday highlighting the need to broaden the definition of jobs and employment said the framework has to be broadened and viewed from the perspective of economic opportunities and empowerment.
Pradhan also said that technological disruptions will change the nature of jobs and economic activities and it is needed to continuously up-skill and re-skill the workforce for future-proofing them.
“A ‘whole-of-a-government’ approach and working collaboratively to skill, up-skill and re-skill our large population is needed to emerge as the skill capital of the world,” the Union Education Minister said.
Dharmendra Pradhan, along with Minister of Labour and Employment and Youth Affairs and Sports Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya launched a report titled Jobs at Your Doorstep: A Jobs Diagnostics for Young People in Six States, at an event in New Delhi on Friday.
While speaking at the event Pradhan complimented the World Bank team for the detailed report on six states. He also suggested the World Bank team adopt a pan-India framework.
Such in-depth diagnostics on skilling and jobs will enable stakeholders to create new architectures and make progressive policies for empowering our population, he said.
Expressing his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to transform India into a global skills hub, the Minister said that the population of the country will be the driver of the global economy.
For this, skilling needs to begin right at schools and NEP 2020 has envisioned mainstreaming skilling in schools, he said.
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, in his address, mentioned that in the last budget, it was proposed to develop a curriculum to harness the potential of region-specific skills and employment, following a hub-and-spoke model. He also stressed on correcting the definition of job beyond employment. It is important to include informal education in academic education, he added.
He expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his commitment to building a Viksit Bharat, which is leading the country to become a global hub of skilled talent.
