NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING

National Council for Technology and Training (NACTET) is an autonomous organization registered under Govt of Kerala and Government of India NCT, New Delhi under Indian trust act. Being a National level NGO, NACTET serve the country as a non-profit, non-political and non-sectarian organization.

In India, we believe that education is the key to the task of nation-building. It is also a well-accepted fact that providing the right knowledge and skills to the youth can ensure the overall national progress and economic growth. NACTET endeavors to provide industry relevant education and well-crafted training and skill development programs in different technical areas through selected affiliates.

India has one of the largest technical manpower in the world. However, compared to its population it is not significant and there is a tremendous scope of improvement in this area. In India, the emphasis has been on general education, with vocational education at the receiving end. This has resulted in large number of educated people remaining unemployed. This phenomenon has now been recognised by the planners and hence there is a greater thrust on vocationalisation of education. Technical and Vocational Education plays a vital role in human resource development of the country by creating skilled manpower, enhancing industrial productivity and improving the quality of life. NACTET act to ensure that the marginalized sections of the society, including women, get adequate representation in technical and vocational courses. It can thus be hoped that NACTET will play a major role in improving the lives of the people of India.

A National Policy on Skill Development has been formulated by the Ministry of Labour & Employment. The objective is to create a workforce empowered with improved skills, knowledge and internationally recognized qualifications to gain access to decent employment and ensure India`s competitiveness in the dynamic Global Labour market. It aims at increase in productivity of workforce both in the organized and the unorganized sectors, seeking increased participation of youth, women, disabled and other disadvantaged sections and to synergize efforts of various sectors and reform the present system. At present the capacity of skill development in India is around 3.1 million persons per year. The XI Five Year Plan envisions an increase in that capacity to 15 million annually. India has target of creating 500 million skilled workers by 2022. Thus, there is a need for increasing capacity and capability of skill development programs.

Skill development initiatives support employment generation, economic growth and social development process. Skill development policy will be an integral part of comprehensive economic, labor and social policies and programmes. A framework for better coordination between various stakeholders - Ministries, States, Industry etc. will be established. It will promote excellence and will meet the requirements of knowledge economy.