(a) whether the Government has set up public/private institutions to undertake skill development activities in the country;
(b) if so, the salient features of these partnerships along with the allocation of business;
(c) whether the Government has evaluated the performance of these institutions;
(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
(e) the funds allocated to these institutions during each of the last three years and the current year?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)
(a) to (e) Government has setup National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) as a Public Private Partnership entity to promote private training providers across the Country. NSDC has incubated 37 Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) which are industry led bodies intended to align the skilling efforts as per the industry`s requirement. The SSCs prescribe the National Occupational Standards (NOS) and Qualification Packs (QPs) based on which the training is imparted.
Further, under the scheme `Up-gradation of 1396 Government ITIs through Public Private Partnership`, 1227 Government ITIs across the Country have been taken up for up-gradation. The scheme operational since 2007-08 has an outlay of Rs. 3550 crore out of which Rs. 3067.50 crore (Rs. 2.5 crore per ITIs) has already been released. Out of 1227 Government ITIs taken up for up-gradation, 1196 Government ITIs have been adopted by private companies.
A mid-term evaluation study has been carried out by V. V. Giri National Labour Institute, Noida in 2012 for the ITIs covered in the scheme `Up-gradation of 1396 Government ITIs through Public Private Partnership`. As per this study report, on an average 66% of the students passed out from the ITIs covered under the project, got employment in the year 2010-11 in different sectors.