India: Vocational Training Improvement Project

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The objective of the Vocational Training Improvement Project of India is to improve the employment outcomes of graduates from the vocational training system, by making the design and delivery of training more demand responsive. There are 3 components to the Project: Component 1, Improving Quality of Vocational Training, focuses on: (a) improving quality and relevance of training imparted in 400 eligible Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) selected competitively from eligible States/Union Territories, (b) upgrading training of ITI instructors, and (c) providing incentive funds to States to reward good performance in project implementation. Component 2, Promoting Systemic Reforms and Innovations, focuses on activities that lead to enhancement in the overall reach and effectiveness of the vocational training system in the medium-term. Component 3, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, will provide support for: (a) establishment of project management and implementation structures at the national and State levels, (b) improvements in system management and implementation of reforms through training of policy planners, managers and administrators, (c) project monitoring and dissemination of information with the help of a computer-based management information system, and (d) project evaluation and, policy and system research studies at the national and State levels.