Fachkräftequalifizierung in Indien - beste Chancen mit ausländischen Partnern

Zur Eröffnung des Global Summit on Skills Development der Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) betonte Kapil Sibal, Minister für Human Resource Development, dass Indien aktiv nach Partnerschaften mit Ländern wie Deutschland suche. Denn Deutschland verfüge über sehr gute Berufsbildungszentren und könne Indien beim Aufbau der Berufsbildungsbereiches effektiv unterstützen.


Human Skills – Biggest Outsourcing Opportunity : CII Global Skills Summit

Introducing Vocational Training between Class 8 and 12 could be an important way to deal with the country’s skill shortage, said Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India at the 3^rd CII Global Summit on Skills Development in Delhi. Only 1 out of 8 students study further than Class 12 therefore there was an urgent need for converting the natural skills of students into employable, vocational skills. A large number of students wanted to acquire ordinary skills that would enable them to lead ordinary lives. We should help them to do this, the minister said. There was an enormous shortage of skilled workers across the board ranging from shop floor attendants to doctors and scientists. There was a talent deficit that ranged from between 50% to 80%. A deficit was also an opportunity.

Skills were required in niche areas of technology but also in other areas. The way forward was to start at the beginning. The Right to Education sought to ensure that every child went to school. In addition, it was important to involve the private sector in education. Equally there was need to have a good accreditation system in place to ensure quality, and to have Teacher Training programmes to see that scale was achieved.

The government was committed to setting up 50 new Central Universities, 1600 new ITIs, 10,000 vocational institutes. The aim was to skill 10 million more people each year. A Critical Mass of highly skilled people is needed to fuel growth and guarantee wealth.

There needed to be continuous up scaling and up gradation. There was need to improve the Gross Enrolment Ratio from the present 12.4% in India to 30% by 2022. In the developed world the GER was in the region of 70%.

Mr. Sibal said that while the developed world had a demographic deficit India had a demographic dividend. If the global community realized the enormous opportunity this represented and invested in the talent pool this country offered, it would benefit not just India but the world.

Mr. Sibal emphasized that the country was actively looking at partnerships from countries such as Germany which had very good vocational training institutes. Institutes abroad could very effectively set up branches in India or go in for “twinning” as a model. A marine institute from Norway is soon going to start an Indian branch. This will help them meet their skills shortage and skill Indian youth. This was one example of a win-win situation.

Other speakers at the session also emphasized the role of skills in a nation’s development. Mr. Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission recounted how Germany had helped train Indian automobile engineers at the time of Independence and thus provided a much needed impetus for the Indian automobile industry. These trained Indian specialists then went on to train Singaporeans. This he said was the kind of collaboration that was urgently needed in the present time. Mr Dominic Savage outlined how a teacher’s efforts in the classroom could become more effective with the use of appropriate educational aids. Mr Manfred Kremer, President, Vocational Institute BIBB looked forward to working more closely with India in the future.

Mr Raghuttama Rao, Managing Director, IMaCS reiterated that the real opportunity lay at the bottom of the pyramid. This was the biggest challenge and opportunity in the area of skill development.