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(a) National Skills Gap Survey
The National Skills Council (NSC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) in conjunction with other relevant State vocation agencies should work together to conduct a national skills gap survey (this is currently ongoing), to identify specific skill gaps across the country. This survey will be carried out on a State-based basis in order to capture the exact needs and skills shortages, with the aim of designing and promoting demand-based training across the country.
(b) National Skills Database
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A National Skills Database should be set up – to capture TVET skills gaps and all other relevant information acquired during the national skills survey. In addition, the database should be repository for the number of TVET students trained and an inventory for matching TVET graduates with specific industries across the states.
Tarmac celebrates 1st successful year at the National Skills and Safety Park
Tarmac is celebrating 12 months of success at its industry-leading training facility, the National Skills and Safety Park, one year on from its official opening by His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge.
The leading sustainable construction materials business launched the Park, located at the active Nether Langwith quarry near Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, to provide practical, hands-on training for emerging industry talent – including apprentices, graduates and those retraining from other sectors.
Tarmac employees quickly adapted to Covid-secure working last spring to allow studies to continue, and have since introduced further online working to supplement safe and appropriate face-to-face training.
New Delhi: Testbook.com, the edtech platform that aims at turning India’s examination preparation landscape for public sector jobs into a tech-driven, automated system where students can learn at their own pace, has signed MoUs with India’s top educational institutions including IITs to impart professional skills training for securing high-paying jobs. The list includes IIT Madras, IIT Ropar and IIT Gandhinagar, and many more colleges across India.
Says Ashutosh Kumar, Founder, and CEO, Testbook.com, “Testbook.com’s unique professional skill trainings come with a powerful curriculum that is designed to meet employers’ expectations and the readiness of the candidates. Colleges are using Testbook’s services to prepare students for placements through multiple Live tests. Students and the colleges can benchmark their preparation level through performance analytics so that extra attention can be given to their placement preparation. More than 70,000 students from acro