In Indien sollten 2,5 Prozent aller Arbeitskräfte eine Lehrlingsausbildung absolvieren, sagt Jayant Krishna. Krishna gehört unter anderem der Taskforce Berufsbildung des Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) an.
2.5 % of the entire manpower should undergo apprenticeship training
India needs more and more people to undergo apprenticeship training as it
fare behind China, Germany and Japan, said Jayant Krishna Principal Consultant
& Regional Head Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Lead Task Force on
Apprenticeship Reforms, CII & Chairperson, Special Taskforce on
Apprenticeship Rationalization MSDE. He pointed out that China has 20 million
apprentices, Japan has 10 million whereas India has only about 2.8 lakh people
who have undergone apprenticeship training.
Jayant mentioned that in an
ideal scenario 2.5 % of the entire manpower of a country should undergo
apprenticeship training.
Addressing a workshop organized by
Confederation of Indian Industry at Beldih Club in Jamshedpur, as a part of
national awareness campaign on implementation of (amended) apprenticeship
guidelines training amongst all stakeholders, particularly Industry, Jayant
further said that the compensation standards needs to improve, minimum rate of
stipend per month payable to the trade apprentices has been indexed to minimum
wage of semi-skilled worker, starting at 70 % of that minimum wage in first
year, 80 % in the second year and going up to 90 % in third and fourth
year which attracts more number of youth to join apprenticeship.
Dr TC
Saravanabava, Deputy Director General (Apprentice Training), Ministry of Skill
Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India emphasised that The
Apprenticeship Act of 1961 has been amended to address the immediate concerns
within the skill eco-system, making it more responsive to the Industry and the
youth.
He mentioned the key features of the amendments, such as: Number
of apprentices at establishment level instead of trade-wise; engagement of
apprentices in optional trades which are not designated; inclusion of
non-engineering occupations; outsourcing of basic training to another institute;
submission of returns and other information through online portal.
He
further pointed out that a new Scheme 'Apprentice Protsahan Yojana' has been
started on 16 October 2014. Objectives of this scheme are to, bring more number
of establishments and youth under the Apprentices Act, 1961 and to encourage
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and other establishments to avail the
benefits of apprenticeship training scheme.
Earlier Tarun Daga, Chairman
CII Jharkhand highlighted that Comparing the size and rate of growth of economy
of India, the performance of Apprenticeship Training Scheme (ATS) is not
satisfactory and a large number of training facilities available in the industry
are going unutilized. Apprenticeship Act will be suitably amended to make it
more responsive to industry and youth.
Mr Daga further pointed out that
apprenticeship can play a crucial role in the task of up-skilling India's
workforce and increasing employability.
Also present at the workshop
were Rahul Singh, Head CII Jharkhand State, Dalia Dey CII Eastern Region and
representatives from Tata Steel, RSB and Ancillary companies of Adityapur.