Directorate of Information & Publicity
Government of NCT of Delhi

DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY
GOVERNMENT OF DELHI
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New Delhi: 03/02/2016

• DELHI GOVT RELAUNCHES APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME FOR YOUTH AFTER A DECADE

Delhi Government on Wednesday relaunched the Apprenticeship Training scheme forthe empowerment of youth of Delhi.

Relaunching the scheme, Deputy Chief Minister Mr Manish Sisodia said of the 2.5 lakh students who pass the class XII school exams every year in Delhi, nearly 1.25 lakh of them do not get admission in colleges, therefore apprenticeship will benefit them.

He said in fact the government would want even those who are taking admission in colleges should also enroll for apprenticeship, since it will increase their employment avenues.

Mr Sisodia also asked the stakeholders to do further research on what exactly are the requirements of the youth of Delhi, instead of imposing the national model on them.

He said he would like to introduce the Vocational Training in all 1000 schools of Delhi Government schools so that vocational training can be mainstreamed. He cautioned against turning vocational training into a ritual.

CEO of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), Mr Jayant Krishna applauded the Delhi government's initiative and said that revised Apprenticeship Act is a great reform which has happened after 50 years. He exhorted the industry to take advantage of the changes in the Apprenticeship Act and employ large number of apprentices at their work places. He also said that India employs only 5% of its workforce as apprentices while the same number is 50% in China and 90% in Korea and Germany.

Delhi Dialogue Commission vice-chairman, Ashish Khetan stressed on the need to equip the youth with skills of the industry.

Secretary Education Ms Punya Salila Srivastava said she is happy to relaunch the Apprenticeship scheme that was stopped in the year 2005. She said that more than 400 students have already enrolled in the scheme from Delhi and a big awareness scheme is being launched to attract the students to the Apprenticeship scheme.