Asserting that only 4.9% of the youth in the 15-29 age group have received formal vocational or technical training, the Economic Survey 2025-26 on Thursday called for expanding access to formal skilling and increasing the coverage of skill training programmes.The Survey highlighted that skill education in schools would equip young people with market-aligned skills, particularly in the service sector, which absorbs over half of the formally trained youth, while reducing dropouts by linking education to economic opportunities.It emphasised that strengthening the alignment between school education and national skilling priorities is essential for reducing the share of out-of-school children and building a productive workforce.As India seeks to harness its demographic dividend and respond to evolving labour market needs, a well-integrated and forward-looking skilling system is critical to enabling the workforce to capitalise on emerging economic opportunities, it stated.”Expanding access to skills and improving their quality requires a well-integrated skilling ecosystem,” it said, adding that enhanced coordination across ministries and levels of government would enable the diverse skilling initiatives to improve employability, expand coverage, and better equip the workforce for technological and economic changes.A unified apprenticeship mission may be needed to bring the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS), the National Apprenticeship Training… Read MoreYourStory RSS Feed
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