India and Germany join hands on skill agenda
India and Germany are deepening their collaboration in the area of
skill development. In this regard, an implementation agreement has been signed
between the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and
(German International Cooperation (GIZ), to initiate a new project focused on
adapting elements of the German dual system in select industrial clusters in
India.
Details:
- This new project will run for three years starting August 2016 with a budget of 22.6 Crores INR – made available by the German Government.
- The project aims to foster conditions which will help create and improve cooperative workplace-based vocational training in India’s industrial clusters.
- The project will be implemented in three selected clusters, which include the Automobile cluster in Maharashtra and Electronics cluster in Bangalore.
- German technical assistance will be used to enhance industry institute partnerships between Indian and German organizations, build capacity of local training institutions and foster industry linkages which will help adapt elements of the German dual system, into the Indian context.
- This new project will also play an important role in supporting MSDE’s existing programmes to scale up apprenticeship training.
- The project will be implemented under the umbrella of the ‘Joint Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of Skill Development and Vocational Education and Training (VET)’, signed during the Indo- German intergovernmental consultations in October 2015.
