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Cover Story Skilling India, Transforming India

7 Decades Vs 8 years

Exponential rise in the number of IITs, IIMS

and Medical Colleges

7 decades (1947-2014) 8 years (Since 2014) total till 2022

7 AIIMS 15 AIIMS 22 AIIMS
Approved/ Functioning

387 Medical Colleges 219 Medical Colleges 606 Medical Colleges

82,000 Medical seats 66,000 Medical seats 1.48 Lakh Medical seats

16 IITs 7 IITs 23 IITs
13 IIMs 7 IIMs 20 IIMs

723 Universities 320 Universities 1,043 Universities

Number of ITIs increased n14,747 ITIs opened in the last 8 years. n4626 institutes
have been added only after 2014. nSince 2014, more than
In Last 8 years the eco-system for 4 lakh seats have been added. n3397 Memorandums of
skilling has grown exponentially.
Understanding were signed for training and industry needs.

boon for women who had never received traditional A country's greatest strength is its youth.
vocational education or had been forced to drop This generation's contribution to the country's
out of school or college for a variety of reasons. economic progress is also the most significant.
Skill India gives lakhs of out-of-school women At a time when 65 percent of India's population
who have been denied traditional education is young, a mass movement is underway to train
and vocational qualifications the opportunity to these youth to be the best human resources
gain skills and training that will enable them to possible. Various aspects of skill development
empower themselves and become self-reliant. have been prioritised in this direction, according
Babasaheb Ambedkar had placed a high to Prime Minister Modi's vision. A short-term
value on skill development for youth and the training programme has been launched, with
underprivileged, and the country is making training in over 300 subjects planned.
every effort through the skill mission to More than 1.25 Crore people have been trained
realise Babasaheb's visionary dream. India in soft skills since the beginning, in accordance
launched the "Going Online As Leaders" (GOAL) with world-certified programmes. To formalise
programme for tribal society. This programme the country's unorganised work situation, an
fosters entrepreneurship by assisting the tribal initiative was also taken under the Pradhan
community with traditional skills. Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana to recognise the
SKILL DEVELOPMENT MISSION NOW A MASS past experience of traditional skills (including
MOVEMENT. carpenters, plumbers, stone carving, and so on)

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