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  "Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation."   --John Ruskin Mere literacy can't make a person employable; skills are equally important to make a person a valuable asset for a country. Skills can be of various kinds: technical skills, business skills, interpersonal skills, and many more. Skills make the youth more valuable, competent, efficient and knowledgeable in the market economy.  Skill development refers to the identification of skill gaps in the population and to enhance the existing skills of the working age population in a country. This can be done through various schemes and policies of the government, civil societies, and even by private institutions. Skill development is important in the overall development of a student, to increase employability, reduce poverty, increase investment in the economy, achieve high productivity etc.  The development of a country depends on the percentage of skilled person presen...

  A BRIEF HISTORY- DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA’S SKILLING ENVIRONMENT India is on its way to becoming one of the skilling hubs in the world. And the development wasn’t seen in a day. India’s history of skill development is a long one. After independence, formal education was accorded with tremendous value in India. As a result, a large amount of money was spent on establishing institutions of higher education, and the value of skill development in the coming years went unnoticed. However, as the issue came to light in due time, we realized India lacked the mechanisms and funding to implement the programs needed for the industry’s changing demands. This led to the inception of our efforts to establish formal centers for skill training. The very first task was to focus on establishing a formal Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector which was committed to cater to the manufacturing and engineering sectors. Hence the first industrial training institute (ITI) was set u...

Indigenous people, the aboriginals, or the original inhabitants, known by different terminologies but bounded by their culture and love for their ancestry's land. Indigenous people are culturally distinct societies and communities. There are approximately 476 million Indigenous Peoples worldwide, spreading across 90 countries, making up over 6 percent of the global population. Indigenous people are known for their close affinity with nature and the environment. As the custodians of the old culture and traditions, they form one of the biggest contributors to the world's diversity, and their respect for nature commands admiration. Each year, the UN celebrates 9th August as World's Indigenous Peoples day to raise awareness and to give greater voice to the rights and issues faced by the indigenous community. SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECT They are around 6 percent of the global population, however, they account for approximately 15% of the world’s extreme poor, which affects other socia...

There are 370 million Indigenous people around the world and spread across more than 90 countries. They belong to more than 5,000 different Indigenous peoples and speak more than 4,000 languages. Indigenous people represent about 5% of the world’s population. The vast majority of them – 70% – live in Asia. Indigenous people hold a crucial place in their knowledge and conservation of the nature. These stakeholders of nature are of utmost importance to maintain the ecosystem but their rights over the lands upon which they have been living from years have been compromised and still unrecognized. As the world celebrates International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on August 9 almost 15% of Indigenous people will come under the category of ‘extremely poor’. The conservationists are themselves in danger.  THE EVIL QUARTET Colonization, Modernisation, Loss of land, Habitat Fragmentation Colonization and modernization prompted the natives to squeeze in remote places and die of lo...