Der Deutsche Botschafter in Indien, Michael Steiner, und der indische Minister für Arbeit und Beschäftigung, Bandaru Dattatreya, vereinbarten bei einem Treffen Anfang Dezember eine engere Zusammenarbeit in der beruflichen Bildung.
Skill training: Germany promises enhanced cooperation
Germany today offered to enhance cooperation with India in imparting
vocational training to young Indians, developing courses for apprentices to suit
the expanding industry and opening a national workers vocational
university.
German ambassador to India Michael Steiner, who met Union
Labour and Employment Minister Bandaru Dattatreya here today, agreed that they
should have policies which are "transparent, accountable and
achievable".
"The German ambassador assured that his Embassy in India
would be at the disposal of the minister and his team of officers for this
purpose," a Labour Ministry statement said.
The ambassador and the
minister discussed the need for devising courses on apprentices to suit the fast
expanding industry of modern India and setting up a national workers vocational
university.
A senior Labour Ministry official said the proposed technical
university will be an umbrella for industrial training institutes (ITIs) and
other training institutes.
"The need for affiliation of courses run by
Indo-German Chamber of Commerce under the National Council on Vocational
Training (NCVT) and the need for development of curriculum for 'fitter',
'welder' and electrician trades was also discussed," the statement
said.
Terming the talks with Dattatreya "productive", Steiner said that
he was impressed to see the "speed and intensity" at which the ministry was
taking forward the crucial issue of vocational training of young
Indians.
The ambassador has also invited Dattatreya to visit Pune where
Germany has a cluster of industries already in the process of imparting
skills.
Dattatreya said his ministry's focus would be on the unorganised
sector which constitutes 93 per cent of the workforce and also briefed the
German ambassador about the recent initiatives taken up by his ministry for
welfare of unorganised workforce.
At the meeting which was also attended
by senior Ministry officials, the minister appraised the ambassador about the
recent labour laws reforms that were cleared by Parliament.