Fr
om 2009 onwar
ds t
her
e was a maj
or change i
n per
s
pect
i
ve,
wher
e
s
ki
l
l
i
ng began t
o be r
ecogni
z
ed as a pr
i
or
i
t
y need of t
he count
r
y
.
St
andar
d Nat
i
onal Cur
r
i
cul
ums wer
e des
i
gned f
r
om Kas
hmi
r t
o Kan-
yakumar
i t
o f
ocus on t
he need of s
ki
l
l
i
ng and how t
o do i
t
.
Ther
e ar
e
t
al
es of gr
eat men bef
or
e us who l
ef
t t
hei
r wor
ks f
r
om abr
oad and
came back t
o I
ndi
a t
o f
i
nd i
t
’
s s
ki
l
l
s and ut
i
l
i
z
e i
t
s pot
ent
i
al
s t
o em-
power t
he nat
i
on.
I
ndus
t
r
i
es ar
e r
el
uct
ant t
o empl
oy t
he s
t
udent
s comi
ng out f
r
om t
he
educat
i
onal
s
ys
t
em.
Thi
s i
s des
pi
t
e t
he f
act t
hat I
ndi
a now has a l
ever
-
age over many i
nves
t
or
s havi
ng been s
een as a s
of
t
war
e hub. Af
t
er
t
hes
e many year
s of I
ndus
t
r
y col
l
abor
at
i
on and ef
f
or
t
s put i
n t
o s
ki
l
l
-
i
ng, a vague f
oundat
i
on has al
r
eady been l
ai
d. Sever
al s
t
at
es have
been comi
ng up wi
t
h ways of s
ki
l
l
i
ng t
o enhance t
he empl
oyabi
l
i
t
y
r
at
es
. And hence, a l
ar
ge s
um of money has been i
nves
t
ed t
o meet
out s
uch pr
oj
ect
s
.
About Rs
.
20,
000 cr
or
es have been i
nves
t
ed f
or t
hi
s
pur
pos
e. Mor
eover
, t
hes
e pr
oj
ect
s ar
e i
mpl
ement
i
ng i
nt
er
nal
l
y ac-
cept
ed nor
ms f
or t
he pr
oces
s of s
ki
l
l
i
ng wi
t
h hel
p of s
ect
or s
ki
l
l
counci
l
s r
epr
es
ent
i
ng our i
ndus
t
r
i
es
,
gi
vi
ng us bet
t
er model
s and i
n-
val
uabl
e i
ns
i
ght
s f
or our bet
t
er
ment
.
The qual
i
f
i
cat
i
on packs or t
he
nor
ms on s
ki
l
l
i
ng ar
e car
r
i
ed out i
n s
t
andar
di
z
ed manner f
r
om Kas
h-
mi
r t
o Kanyakumar
i as a Nat
i
onal cur
r
i
cul
um or
, a nat
i
onal bas
i
s f
or
as
s
es
s
i
ng s
ki
l
l qual
i
f
i
cat
i
on.
03 Taking skilling to the next level