Skill India Mission Operation

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The development objective of Skill Mission Operation Project for India are to enhance institutional mechanisms for skill development and increase access to quality and market-relevant training for the workforce. This project has consists of a Program for Results (PforR) component that is comprised of four result areas that consist of institutional improvements that will be applied in the delivery of Skill Development (SD) training programs financed by the operation. 1) The firs result area, Institutional Strengthening at the National and State Levels for Planning, Delivering, and Monitoring High-quality Market Relevant Training, aims to strengthen institutional mechanisms to plan and monitor the delivery of high-quality market-relevant training. It has the following subcomponents: (i) Institutional Strengthening at the National Level; and (ii) Institutional Strengthening at the State and District Levels. 2) The second result area, Improved Quality and Market Relevance of Skills Development Programs, aims to ensure that all Training Providers (TPs) have access to packages of technical resources and materials that can help them improve the quality of their program offerings and labor market transitions of trainees. 3) The third result area, Improved Access to and Completion of Skills Training for Female Trainees and Other Disadvantaged Groups, aims to support demand-side and supply-side interventions, program offerings, and service delivery for socially excluded groups (particularly women, STs, SCs, and PWD), in particular through: (a) innovations to enhance access for socially excluded groups; and (b) support integration of socially excluded groups into planning, monitoring, and program delivery. It has the following subcomponents: (i) Innovations to Enhance Access for Socially Excluded Groups; and (ii) Support Integration of Socially Excluded Groups into Planning, Monitoring, and Program Delivery. 4) The fourth results area, Expanding Skills Training through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), to ensure private sector inputs into the content of training, assessment, and delivery of training through the Sector Skills Councils (SSCs), additional private sector involvement will be solicited through several channels: (a) public financing of private provision; (b) co-financing of training provided by public or private TPs; and (c) channeling of private financial resources into SD programs

FY17 - Education

World Bank Group

Project

Rail, Forest Products and Packaging, Government, Education