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  • India, Singapore to make info, expertise enchancment key pillar of strategic partnership

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: India and Singapore on Monday agreed to create alternate options for lifelong learning, developing a future-ready workforce, and making info and expertise enchancment a key pillar of strategic partnership.

    This was talked about by the three-day go to of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to Singapore. The minister moreover harassed on learning from top-of-the-line practices of Singapore, collaborating and customising them to fulfill Indian needs.

    Pradhan is on a three-day go to to Singapore and held conferences with quite a few key ministers to strengthen present ties and uncover the chance of widening the scope of bilateral engagement in coaching and expertise enchancment. 

    “Pradhan had a constructive meeting with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister for Finance, Singapore, Lawrence Wong on strengthening the existing cooperation between India and Singapore with a focus on deepening engagements in skill development,” based mostly on a assertion issued by the Ministry of Education

    “During the meeting it was agreed to work together, aiming to create opportunities for lifelong learning, building a future-ready workforce, and making knowledge and skill development a key pillar of strategic partnership,” the assertion talked about.

    Pradhan talked about the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which significantly focuses on providing early publicity to vocational coaching in heart colleges, guaranteeing market relevance of teaching along with developing the potential of the institutions to supply technical and vocational coaching.

    He extra talked about the work in path of integrating the talents {{qualifications}} framework with the higher coaching qualification framework and investing in creating short-term and long-term teaching purposes to supply skilling, re-skilling and upskilling alternate options.

    Pradhan moreover had an insightful dialogue with Singapore’s Minister of Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong. They had “fruitful conversations on strengthening” expertise enchancment and vocational teaching linkages by all mechanisms for making a seamless construction for skilling and lifelong learning.

    Building on the outcomes of the G20 Future of Work workshop in Bhubaneswar, as well as they talked about strategies by which India can leverage the expertise and knowledge of Singapore for addressing widespread challenges and transforming the Indian experience ecosystem.

    Both the ministers agreed to advance mutual priorities in skilling, create new alternate options for lifelong learning and collaborate collectively for the advantage of our nations along with completely different rising economies, the assertion talked about.

    He moreover visited Spectra Secondary School and interacted with school college students and lecturers to know additional regarding the teaching-learning setting, pedagogy, amongst completely different points. 

    NEW DELHI: India and Singapore on Monday agreed to create alternate options for lifelong learning, developing a future-ready workforce, and making info and expertise enchancment a key pillar of strategic partnership.

    This was talked about by the three-day go to of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to Singapore. The minister moreover harassed on learning from top-of-the-line practices of Singapore, collaborating and customising them to fulfill Indian needs.

    Pradhan is on a three-day go to to Singapore and held conferences with quite a few key ministers to strengthen present ties and uncover the chance of widening the scope of bilateral engagement in coaching and expertise enchancment. googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “Pradhan had a constructive meeting with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister for Finance, Singapore, Lawrence Wong on strengthening the existing cooperation between India and Singapore with a focus on deepening engagements in skill development,” based mostly on a assertion issued by the Ministry of Education

    “During the meeting it was agreed to work together, aiming to create opportunities for lifelong learning, building a future-ready workforce, and making knowledge and skill development a key pillar of strategic partnership,” the assertion talked about.

    Pradhan talked about the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which significantly focuses on providing early publicity to vocational coaching in heart colleges, guaranteeing market relevance of teaching along with developing the potential of the institutions to supply technical and vocational coaching.

    He extra talked about the work in path of integrating the talents {{qualifications}} framework with the higher coaching qualification framework and investing in creating short-term and long-term teaching purposes to supply skilling, re-skilling and upskilling alternate options.

    Pradhan moreover had an insightful dialogue with Singapore’s Minister of Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong. They had “fruitful conversations on strengthening” expertise enchancment and vocational teaching linkages by all mechanisms for making a seamless construction for skilling and lifelong learning.

    Building on the outcomes of the G20 Future of Work workshop in Bhubaneswar, as well as they talked about strategies by which India can leverage the expertise and knowledge of Singapore for addressing widespread challenges and transforming the Indian experience ecosystem.

    Both the ministers agreed to advance mutual priorities in skilling, create new alternate options for lifelong learning and collaborate collectively for the advantage of our nations along with completely different rising economies, the assertion talked about.

    He moreover visited Spectra Secondary School and interacted with school college students and lecturers to know additional regarding the teaching-learning setting, pedagogy, amongst completely different points. 

  • India, US launch working group on coaching and expertise enchancment to boost employability

    By Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: Acknowledging the importance of skilling and vocational coaching inside the industry-centred interval, India and the US on Monday launched the India-US Working Group on Education and Skill Development.

    The Union Ministry of Education and the US Department of State nearly launched the India-US Working Group on Education and Skill Development, with the aim to spice up cooperation and collaboration between the two nations inside the topic of coaching and expertise enchancment.

    The two nations talked about skilling and vocational coaching; certification and recognition; matchmaking between US and Indian elevated tutorial institutions and interesting with the private sector.

    Neeta Prasad, Joint Secretary for International Cooperation, Ministry of Education, and. Donald Lu, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, US Department of State co-chaired the Working Groups from India and US respectively.

    The establishment of the India-US Working Group on Education and Skill Development was launched by the leaders on the sidelines of the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held between India and the US in Washington DC on April 11 closing 12 months.

    “Recognizing the need to align skills training programs with industry requirements, both sides agreed to foster partnerships between educational institutions, industry stakeholders, and relevant government agencies. This collaboration aims to address skills gaps, enhance employability, and promote entrepreneurship in both countries,” consistent with a press launch issued by the ministry.

    The delegations emphasised the significance of certification and recognition mechanisms in guaranteeing the usual and portability of skills all through borders.

    India outlined the importance of mutual recognition of academic {{qualifications}} and expertise certifications which is essential for clear mobility of students and professionals between the two nations.

    Recognizing the potential for collaboration inside the topic of higher coaching, the delegations talked about the importance of matchmaking between elevated tutorial institutions in India and US.

    They acknowledged the benefits of promoting scholar and school exchanges, joint evaluation packages, and collaborative initiatives between universities and colleges of every nations.

    The delegations agreed to encourage and facilitate such partnerships to foster academic and cultural commerce, enhance tutorial prime quality, and promote innovation and knowledge-sharing.

    Both sides agreed to encourage bigger inter-linkages amongst the educational institutions. Indian facet proposed that rising joint/twin and twinning applications in areas of mutual curiosity could very nicely be explored.

    They moreover acknowledged the importance of engagement with the private sector to align the coaching sector with the desires of the job market.

    Acknowledging the essential perform of the private sector in driving innovation, creating job alternate options, and supporting the coaching sector, the two nations agreed to find avenues to promote public-private partnerships in coaching and expertise enchancment initiatives.

    Noting that scholar and school exchanges are on the coronary coronary heart of the info partnership between every nations, India highlighted the need for expeditious visa issuance and reaffirmed their ongoing efforts on this concern.

    NEW DELHI: Acknowledging the importance of skilling and vocational coaching inside the industry-centred interval, India and the US on Monday launched the India-US Working Group on Education and Skill Development.

    The Union Ministry of Education and the US Department of State nearly launched the India-US Working Group on Education and Skill Development, with the aim to spice up cooperation and collaboration between the two nations inside the topic of coaching and expertise enchancment.

    The two nations talked about skilling and vocational coaching; certification and recognition; matchmaking between US and Indian elevated tutorial institutions and interesting with the private sector.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Neeta Prasad, Joint Secretary for International Cooperation, Ministry of Education, and. Donald Lu, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, US Department of State co-chaired the Working Groups from India and US respectively.

    The establishment of the India-US Working Group on Education and Skill Development was launched by the leaders on the sidelines of the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held between India and the US in Washington DC on April 11 closing 12 months.

    “Recognizing the need to align skills training programs with industry requirements, both sides agreed to foster partnerships between educational institutions, industry stakeholders, and relevant government agencies. This collaboration aims to address skills gaps, enhance employability, and promote entrepreneurship in both countries,” consistent with a press launch issued by the ministry.

    The delegations emphasised the significance of certification and recognition mechanisms in guaranteeing the usual and portability of skills all through borders.

    India outlined the importance of mutual recognition of academic {{qualifications}} and expertise certifications which is essential for clear mobility of students and professionals between the two nations.

    Recognizing the potential for collaboration inside the topic of higher coaching, the delegations talked about the importance of matchmaking between elevated tutorial institutions in India and US.

    They acknowledged the benefits of promoting scholar and school exchanges, joint evaluation packages, and collaborative initiatives between universities and colleges of every nations.

    The delegations agreed to encourage and facilitate such partnerships to foster academic and cultural commerce, enhance tutorial prime quality, and promote innovation and knowledge-sharing.

    Both sides agreed to encourage bigger inter-linkages amongst the educational institutions. Indian facet proposed that rising joint/twin and twinning applications in areas of mutual curiosity could very nicely be explored.

    They moreover acknowledged the importance of engagement with the private sector to align the coaching sector with the desires of the job market.

    Acknowledging the essential perform of the private sector in driving innovation, creating job alternate options, and supporting the coaching sector, the two nations agreed to find avenues to promote public-private partnerships in coaching and expertise enchancment initiatives.

    Noting that scholar and school exchanges are on the coronary coronary heart of the info partnership between every nations, India highlighted the need for expeditious visa issuance and reaffirmed their ongoing efforts on this concern.

  • Chip sector plan: Training hubs for 6K students, 2.5L staff

    The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is in talks with choose authorities funded greater training establishments to develop coaching and training programmes for round 2.5 lakh junior engineers for plant and store flooring administration and round 5,000-6,000 analysis students who’ve no less than a PhD, senior authorities officers mentioned.

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    “We have a three-layer plan for creating talent for the semiconductor companies. The first one is scholarly capabilities, which will be useful in process and design element of manufacturing and fabrication. Then we have VLSI plant manufacturing capacity, which is the 85,000 engineers we will train. Then we have plans for plant and shop floor, manufacturing and testing types of skilled people,” an official mentioned.

    For coaching 85,000 engineers who will work on core semiconductor applied sciences, the MeitY will search inputs on the precise course and know-how necessities of the semiconductor firms prepared to arrange items in India.

    For individuals on the plant and store flooring, the ministry plans to test for particular areas and industries from which staff might be picked and both be re-skilled or up-skilled by way of sure short-duration coaching programs.

    “Instead of saying the government will be doing the up-skilling or re-skilling, we will actively seek inputs from the industry for the capacity. The companies can lay down their demands in terms of broad skill set, specific skill set and high-end skill set. We can work with them to create educational and training hubs around their manufacturing unit or cluster,” one other senior MeitY official mentioned.

    These academic hubs, which will probably be created across the manufacturing items or such design and innovation clusters, could have a combination of highschool, medium talent coaching centres equivalent to industrial coaching institute (ITI) and high-end know-how faculties equivalent to engineering faculties, the official added.

    Specifically for coaching of the 85,000 engineers and a pair of.5 lakh store and flooring staff, the funding will come each from the federal government and the trade, the official mentioned, including that the Centre will totally finance these coaching programmes provided that the businesses decide to 100 per cent absorption of educated college students and professionals, one of many officers quoted above mentioned.

    “So we will have all the programmes which will be NSQF (National Skills Qualifications Framework) compliant, and will be globally certifiable. Unlike in the past, these training programmes will be in part designed by the company which will so to say consume the trainees, and not some advisor who is unaware of the new changes,” mentioned an official.

    The coaching programmes for researchers and PhD candidates — which wants each ample assist when it comes to funds and time — will, nonetheless, be funded “in totality at least initially” by the federal government, an official mentioned.

    “We want India to also start holding patents and intellectual property rights. There is no semiconductor company which does not have a designing base in India but most of the intellectual property for such designs are held by these companies, which in turn means that the governments of countries where these companies have their headquarters have much more leveraging power. We are also looking to enter that club,” one of many officers mentioned.

    As per the most recent All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) of 2019, which was launched in June 2021, the overall variety of PhD admissions within the nation elevated from 1.26 lakh in 2015-16 to 2.02 lakh in 2019-20.

    As per the report, 52,478 college students had been enrolled in varied PhD programmes throughout the nation in 19 sub-streams of engineering and know-how, whereas amongst these laptop science engineering had probably the most 7,682 college students enrolled for PhD programs.

  • Livelihood College will probably be given free coaching in varied programs in Dhamtari

    Livelihood College Dhamtari will probably be imparted free coaching in varied programs below the Prime Minister’s Skill Development and Chief Minister’s Skill Development Scheme. For this, purposes have been invited from the candidates of the age group of 18 to 45 years until March 03. According to the knowledge obtained from the Assistant Project Officer, together with the photograph of instructional qualification, residence certificates, Aadhaar card, financial institution passbook, ration card and passport measurement, the appliance was submitted to the Livelihood College close to Civil Court from 10.30 am to five.30 pm can go.
    It has been advised that the tenth cross for the coaching of Assistant Electrician and Retail Sales Associate, Field Technician-AC. Eighth cross candidates will probably be eligible for. Men of VIII cross whose top is 5 ft seven inches can apply for safety guard coaching. Similarly, fifth cross candidates will probably be eligible for coaching in tailoring and plumber (basic) course.

  • ‘Hybrid roles, the new norm: IELTS, Azure, software testing in demand’

    Courses pertaining to Microsoft’s cloud platform Azure, software program testing, English language check IELTS, Microsoft Certifications and e-mail etiquettes had been probably the most wanted skilled abilities in India, in keeping with the 2021 Workplace Learning Trends Report revealed by the open on-line course supplier Udemy.
    The report is predicated on knowledge from the worldwide corporations utilizing the Udemy for Business platform and a survey of greater than 500 studying and improvement professionals.
    “In the spirit of agile project management, many technical teams are moving employees away from single domain expertise. Instead, hybrid roles are becoming the norm. Leaders are encouraging employees to build expertise in more than one subject related to their job function. The technical skills related to this trend, like software testing and infrastructure architecture, saw sizeable growth in countries across the APAC region — including over 5,200 per cent year-over-year growth in Japan,” the report said.
    Compared to the talents being sought in India, these in demand in developed Asian economies like Singapore, Japan, South Korea included design pondering, advertising technique, info safety, management, machine studying, storytelling, enterprise English, listening abilities and private productiveness.
    In Australia, the highest 5 programs in demand had been Microsoft Azure’s AZ-900 course, API testing, Microsoft Teams, Drawing and Google Cloud.
    The report added that the gradual however regular shift to distant work over the previous couple of years has already known as for a variety of recent behaviours and abilities. But in 2020, leaders throughout each trade had been compelled to rapidly prioritise options that allow solely distributed groups to collaborate successfully.
    “COVID-19 has really accelerated the shift from ‘remote-accessible’ to ‘remote-first’ thinking in collaboration design,” says Sprintkick founder and Udemy teacher Evan Kimbrell. Collaboration was a significant precedence all through the APAC area, taking the highest spot for year-over-year progress in India, Singapore, and Indonesia.
    Professional ability improvement platforms that supply programs and certifications on-line like Udemy and Coursera have been in excessive demand within the post-Covid period. Indian startups providing increased training programs have additionally attracted digital eyeballs.
    Higher training edtech platform upGrad, for instance, noticed its buyer base double to 1 million between April and December 2020. During 2019-20, the corporate reported Rs 230 crore in revenues.