Wadhwani skills colleges

Wadhwani
Skills
Colleges

India
needs
to
create
tens
of
millions
of
skilled
knowledge
workers
to
sustain
its

economic
growth,
meet
global
demand
and
fulfill
its
human
potential.
With
a

Higher
Education
Gross
Enrollment
Ratio
(GER)
of
only
12.4%,
this
skill
gap

needs
to
be
urgently
addressed.
Though
degrees
are
considered
prestigious,

issues
of
accessibility,
affordability
and
employability
prevent
many
students

from
pursuing
higher
education.

To
meet
the
skill
demands
of
a
growing
Indian
economy
and
increasing
youth

population,
Wadhwani
Foundation
launched
the
Skills
Colleges
Initiative.
This

will
build
world-‐class
capacity
for
three
million
higher
education
seats
tightly

linked
with
market-‐linked
vocational
education.
Working
closely
with
Industry,

Central
&
State
Governments
as
well
as
Educational
Institutes,
the
Initiative
aims

to
offer
a
faster,
cheaper
and
better
alternative
to
the
regular
college
track
and

thus
open
the
doors
to
the
4.5
million
youth
left
behind
after
completing
Class
12

each
year.
The
initiative
will
provide
a
shorter
cycle
industry
driven
certificate,

diploma
and
Associate
Degree
programs
with
flexibility
to
transfer
credits
to

mainstream
degrees.
The
thrust
is
to
link
education
to
jobs
that
not
only
fulfills

lifelong
improvement
in
skills
but
also
meets
the
knowledge
worker
demand
of

Industry
and
international
businesses.

For
bridging
the
national
skill
gaps,
Vocational
Education
and
Training

institutions
across
the
spectrum
of
size,
location
and
specializations
need
to

overcome
barriers
to
quickly
start
and
scale
up
quality
programs.
To
enable
this,

Wadhwani
Foundation
provides
capacity
building
services
in
Industry
driven

Curriculum
and
Courseware
development,
Faculty
Training
along
with

Technology
enablement
for
innovation,
flexibility
and
reach.

The
Skills
Colleges
Initiative
has
actively
engaged
with
the
Ministry
of
Human

Resources
and
Development
(MHRD)
and
related
Government
entities
like

National
Skill
Development
Corporation
(NSDC)
in
the
National
Vocational

Educational
Qualification
Framework
(NVEQF)
that
has
similar
goals.
It
has

become
the
nonprofit
partner
of
choice
for
these
implementations,
having

started
supporting
the
pilot
in
Haryana
State’s
40
schools
and
also
engaging

with
proposed
projects
in
West
Bengal,
Assam
and
Karnataka
To
validate
its

output
with
academia,
an
MOU
with
PSS
Central
Institute
of
Vocational

Education
(the
division
of
NCERT
(National
Council
for
Education
and
Research)

responsible
for
vocational
curriculum
development
and
teacher
training)
is

being
signed.

In
the
private
sector
space,
it
is
setting
up
a
Vocational
Teacher
Training
Institute

in
partnership
with
Jindal
Education
and
Montgomery
College
USA.
An
MOU

to
provide
technical
partnership
for
such
programs
at
state
and
institutional

levels
has
been
signed
with
Virginia
Community
College
System
–
consisting
of

23
community
colleges
over
40
campuses.
It
is
also
driving
an
innovative
direct

Company-‐College
partnership
with
24/7
Customer,
a
BPO
company
and
St.

Josephs
College,
Bangalore
to
drive
a
“Hire-‐Train-‐Intern-‐Place”
proof
of

concept
model.
The
intent
is
to
build
on
these
pilots
to
form
the
basis
for

developing
a
National
Skill
Knowledge
Network
to
support
integrating

relevant
skills
into
mainstream
education.

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