One of t
he pr
i
me di
f
f
i
cul
t
i
es i
n t
he f
i
el
d of s
ki
l
l
i
ng i
s t
he avai
l
abi
l
i
t
y of i
nf
or
mat
i
on.
I
t i
s not
even t
hought of
t
hat t
hi
s i
s us
ed f
or t
he advancement of
our count
r
y
,
t
hat i
t i
s f
or t
he benef
i
t
of our own chi
l
dr
en and t
hei
r f
ut
ur
e.
Eas
y avai
l
abi
l
i
t
y of i
nf
or
mat
i
on i
s what i
s neces
s
ar
y
at pr
es
ent
.
Thi
s may be t
er
med as i
nf
or
mat
i
on as
ymmet
r
y
.
Ot
her par
t of i
t i
s t
o pr
epar
e f
or
f
ut
ur
e.
We need t
o have l
abour mar
ket i
nf
or
mat
i
on, under
s
t
andi
ng of t
he changi
ng j
ob
mar
ket
s and demands
, i
dea on wher
e t
he new j
ob cl
us
t
er
s ar
e comi
ng, and on when &
wher
e new demands ar
i
s
e,
s
o as t
o be f
ul
l
y equi
pped t
o meet t
he demand.
I
ndus
t
r
i
es i
f communi
cat
e acr
os
s t
hei
r manpower r
equi
r
ement
s bef
or
ehand i
t wi
l
l enabl
e
s
ki
l
l
i
ng or
gani
z
at
i
ons t
o pl
an s
ki
l
l
i
ng accor
di
ngl
y
, s
o t
hat i
t does
n’
t t
ake pl
ace i
n a dar
k
end hopi
ng t
he t
r
ai
nees woul
d get a j
ob. Labour depar
t
ment demands t
hat i
ndus
t
r
i
es
s
houl
d pr
ovi
de knowl
edge, i
nf
or
mat
i
on on s
uch mat
t
er
s
, but t
her
e i
s al
ways gap i
n t
he
communi
cat
i
on.
The Ger
man and Swi
s
s model
s of s
ki
l
l
i
ng and educat
i
on epi
t
omi
z
es t
he i
dea of l
ear
ni
ng
and s
ki
l
l
i
ng mer
ged as one.
They pr
ovi
de s
ki
l
l
s and educat
i
on s
i
mul
t
aneous
l
y and whi
l
e
l
ear
ni
ng i
s of
f
er
ed at I
ndus
t
r
i
es al
ong wi
t
h s
ki
l
l
i
ng,
t
he vi
ce ver
s
a i
s done i
n educat
i
onal
i
ns
t
i
t
ut
i
ons
.
I
ndi
a can eas
i
l
y f
ol
l
ow t
hat model
.
I
f we l
ook out
s
i
de we can s
ee peopl
e comi
ng up wi
t
h i
nnovat
i
ve i
deas and becomi
ng en-
t
r
epr
eneur
s on t
hei
r own. But
, i
n Ker
al
a ever
yone i
s af
t
er get
t
i
ng a j
ob i
n an ent
er
pr
i
s
e
s
omeone el
s
e has s
et up,
or pr
ef
er
abl
y a j
ob out
s
i
de.
Yout
h ar
e not even r
eady t
o t
hi
nk and
i
ni
t
i
at
e or even t
r
y a manual or s
ki
l
l
ed j
ob i
n I
ndi
a as s
uch.
We need t
o t
hi
nk on t
he s
oci
al
f
act
or
s compel
l
i
ng peopl
e t
o t
hi
nk s
o.
I
t i
s cons
i
der
ed as an i
s
s
ue of pr
i
de and pr
ej
udi
ce.
Thi
s i
s why s
ki
l
l
i
ng i
s t
o be i
nt
r
oduced f
r
om t
he s
chool l
evel
,
f
ocus
i
ng mor
e on ent
r
epr
e-
neur
s
hi
p and ent
er
pr
i
s
i
ng.
Ker
al
a has made l
ar
ge s
t
r
i
des i
n t
he s
er
vi
ce i
ndus
t
r
i
es and al
l
s
ect
or
s i
n t
he s
t
at
e of
f
er mas
s
i
ve oppor
t
uni
t
i
es i
n ent
er
pr
i
s
i
ng,
whi
ch ar
e t
o be made us
e
of
.
Our f
ocus s
houl
d be di
r
ect
ed t
owar
ds pr
omot
i
ng and i
ns
t
i
l
l
i
ng ent
r
epr
eneur
s
hi
p as i
t
wi
l
l onl
y i
ncr
eas
e t
he number and need f
or mor
e j
ob r
ol
es i
ns
i
de t
he s
t
at
e.
Thi
s wi
l
l cr
eat
e
demand and j
obs and ever
yt
hi
ng el
s
e wi
l
l f
al
l i
nt
o pl
ace al
ong wi
t
h i
t
.
We wi
l
l be pus
h t
o
del
i
ver
,
per
f
or
m and achi
eve qual
i
t
y by our
s
el
ves
.
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