NSDC encouraging skill seekers
to acquire new skills
The COVID-19 outbreak is the major
accelerator that has led to a mega shift in digital teaching and learning
approach.
EDUCATION | Indo Asian News Service Updated: Apr 13, 2020
New Delhi
Over the past few weeks, the world has
seen a paradigm shift in the working and learning styles of people at large,
especially young professionals.
Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 outbreak is the
major accelerator that has led to a mega shift in digital teaching and learning
approach.
So, it is quite evident that when we
rejoin the workforce post the lockdown, we might see a need to diversify our
skill sets, and be prepared for unforeseen times too.
Rather than binging away to your favourite
series or just killing time lounging at home, why not add some arsenal to your
capabilities?
Amid the lockdown, National Skill
Development Corporation’s (NSDC) is encouraging skill seekers to acquire new
skills and utilise their time effectively. NSDC’s eLearning aggregator portal,
eSkill India portal offers more than 400 courses curated from various knowledge
providers. In the recent weeks, eSkillIndia has partnered with EnglishScore,
SAS India, Saylor Academy (USA) and UpGrad, thereby providing skill seekers
with varied online opportunities.
The eSkill India portal pivots the online
skill creating initiatives in collaboration with global leaders in the
eLearning domain and thus enabling access to a wide range of courses for users.
With strategic knowledge partnerships, the portal leverages technology in
continuing the momentum and enables skill seekers to accelerate their learning
through methods like virtual learning and remote classroom.
Commenting on the digital and eLearning
initiatives, Manish Kumar, MD and; CEO, National Skill Development Corporation,
said, “These are unprecedented times and digital learning initiatives are
playing a critical role in keeping learners connected and in maintaining
continuity. There are a plethora of online resources and platforms that skill
seekers and professionals can use to equip themselves with new-age skills in
the current scenario. We have several collaborations with leading knowledge
providers to facilitate self- learning by providing access to high-quality
online learning resources.”
NSDC’s alliance with EnglishScore, an
English language assessment app by British Council, aims to provide global
standard of English proficiency to the Indian youth. The collaboration brings
not just free app access to the Indian youth, but also enables free certification
for 1 lakh candidates.
Through its partnership with Saylor
Academy, a non-profit headquartered in Washington DC, NSDC opens another
gateway to prime quality and global-level skilling opportunities from leading
research and academic universities. This facilitates eSkill India to provide
high-standard skilling opportunities to Indian youth, with course-credits that
are guaranteed by some of the leading universities like Bellevue, Bethel,
Brandan, Catholic, Colorado, Southern New Hampshire, Thomas Edison, Maryland
etc. The programs are known for their high-quality content and free
certification.
eSkillIndia has also partnered with SAS®,
the analytics powerhouse, to offer a range of courses on data analytics,
machine learning, predictive modeling, statistical business analytics that are
useful across all industries like IT, Retail, Pharma, Banking and Finance,
Retail, Manufacturing, etc. These new solutions for online education could
bring much needed innovation and the user can easily control their career
trajectory by gaining comprehensive analytical and research skills that are in
great demand in the competitive marketplace.
The partnership with Wadhwani Foundation,
a philanthropic organisation, will bring specific skilling and entrepreneurship
enhancement initiatives through the portal.
Work-from-home employees and corporate
houses can also use their time to enroll and access the wide catalogue of
Business / Professional courses and certifications. The users can also enroll
in the next-gen analytics courses to discover insights from your data and make
more intelligent decisions to drive relevant change.
Knowledge Partnerships of eSkillIndia
amongst others include Amrita University, Salesforce, TCS iON, BetterU, Apollo
MedVarsity, iPrimed, Liqvid’s English Edge, Fair and; Lovely Foundation, IBM
Skills.
Last month, as a part of the commitment to
fight the spread of the COVID-19 and fully support the public, the Ministry of
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) notified all the establishments
under designated and optional trade to pay full stipend to apprentices engaged
with them.
Additionally, reimbursement of stipend to
establishments under National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) shall be
paid by the government for the lockdown period as per the NAPS guidelines.
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