The theme of World Youth Skills 2020 i.e. ‘Skills for a Resilient Youth’ is set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. The resultant challenges are plenty with a rise in unemployment, digital becoming the new normal and adapting to new-age learning based on relentless advances in technology like mobile technologies, AI, Machine Learning, green energy, drone technology etc., becoming a …

In his message to the Digital Skills Conclave held today on the occasion of the World Youth Skills Day and the fifth anniversary of ‘Skill India’ mission, the Prime Minister exhorted the youth to skill, reskill and upskill in order to remain relevant in the rapidly changing business environment and market conditions. He congratulated the youth of the country on …

Independent of the draft NEP that carries a major recommendation of  ‘achieving skill development among at least 50% of learners  through school and higher education system by 2025 in order to realize full potential of India’s demographic dividend’,  the state of Odisha has already hit the road by reimagining skills education for the socio-economic transformation of its people.  By Autar …