Narendra Modi government plans to make soft skills part of technical syllabus   

   

NEW DELHI: To bridge the chasm between skills imparted by vocational training schools and the abilities industry looks for in potential employees, the Modi government is rolling out an ambitious plan to top-up the existing technical syllabus across industrial training institutes with modules aimed at making them ready for the modern workplace. 

On the anvil are over 500 hours of training content on soft skills like inter-personal communication and functional English to be used for daily workplace chores, practical know-how on dealing with emergencies in work domains and most importantly, IT skills necessary to browse the iNet and social media, and operate office productivity tools. 

"There is a renewed sense of urgency in the government about achieving outcomes in skill development and job creation. Our goal is to createhigh-value jobs that can support a family and the government needs to leverage technology and innovation to achieve scale for its Skill India program," Silicon valley based Ajay Kela, chairman of the Wadhwani Foundation that is working with the skill development and entrepreneurship ministry to roll out the plan. 

"I use Uber to commute instead of hiring or buying a car, whether Iam in the US or India. But whenever I order n Uber in Delhi, the driver invariably calls me twice tocheck the address though a GPS device in his car has the co-ordinates. The reason is the Indian river's fear of technology," he said, explaining the need for youth to be able to use such productivity tools... 

Source : The Economic Times.