New Delhi: Union Minister for Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan has called upon Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) to explore innovative ways to drive skill development including adopting Industrial Training Centres, Jan Shikshan Sansthans (JSS) of their local areas, engage more apprentices, align their skilling framework with NSQF, and leverage CSR to augment skill development efforts under the overall Skill India mission.

“We are rolling out the recommendations of the NEP2020. We must create strong integration of education and skilling to create a more vibrant and versatile workforce,” he further added while addressing a virtual workshop with CPSEs, which were also briefed on the latest reforms and initiatives undertaken by the ministry and were encouraged to engage more apprentices. Minister of State for MSDE and MEITY Rajeev Chandrashekhar also participated in the workshop and shared his views with the CPSEs on how best they can contribute towards this national building exercise.

The Minister said that the nature of work is changing. “We must introduce knowledge around topics like energy, sustainability, and data management. I call upon PSUs too to put forward their suggestions and ideas for preparing a dynamic, progressive and modern National Curriculum Framework,” he said. Chandrashekhar said that the companies should not only focus on fresh skilling but also on up-skilling, re-skilling and multi-skilling as well, so that they can easily adapt to the fast-changing nature of jobs today. /BI/