Jayalalithaa put forth several suggestions to be included in the report of the Sub-Group of Chief Ministers
Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa
Chennai: Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Sunday put forth several suggestions to be included in the report of the Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Skill Development including intensifying efforts towards universal adoption of National Skills Qualification Framework.
Expressing her inability to attend the Sub-Group’s meeting at Raipur in Chhattisgarh due to “pressing commitments” in Chennai, in her letter to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who is Chairman of the Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Skill Development, NITI Aayog, she thanked him for inviting her. “Much as I would have liked to attend the meeting, I am unable to do so due to pressing commitments in Chennai,” she said and thanked him for inviting her to the meeting.
In her letter to Badal, a copy of which was released to the media here on Sunday, she said she had read the draft report of the first meeting held on April 25 and reiterated that some other more important points needed to be included.
Noting that solutions to some issues that demographically advantaged states faced might lie in policy interventions, Ms Jayalalithaa said, “it is a matter of national priority to address the productivity gaps of the demographically mature states like Tamil Nadu lest their populations grow old without fully enjoying the fruits of growth and development.”
“One of the recommendations should be to undertake a comprehensive pan-India assessment of migration patterns, needs and aspirations, based on which requisite policy interventions for both providers and absorbers of migrant labour can be formulated,” she said.
Seeking clarity on the implementation of skill development projects nationwide, Ms Jayalalithaa said it would be desirable for Central Government agencies including NSDC (National Skill Development Corporation) to confine themselves to national level standardisation, provision of financing and policy and legislative frameworks.
Actual training delivery should be routed through and monitored by State government agencies which are better placed to mobilise candidates for training. She said Centre and Ministry of Skill Development should intensify efforts towards universal adoption of National Skills Qualification Framework and clarify its linkage with National Vocational Education Qualification Framework.
She said the success of the Tamil Nadu Women’s Development Corporation, which was primarily responsible for the Self Help Group movement and implements the Pudhu Vaazhvu Project, a Rural Livelihoods project with World Bank assistance, in mobilising youth for skill development needs to be highlighted.
The Pudhu Vazhvu project has served as the model for the National Rural Livelihood Mission. On this basis a specific recommendation needs to be made that the National Rural and Urban Livelihood Missions must have a skill component, which should be used as a key mechanism for mobilising women and youth for skill development, she added.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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