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Skill Development in India : The Vocational Education and Training SystemThis paper stresses that despite the
 fact that India is a fast developing economy difficulties
 have led the Government to conclude that far more needs to
 be done to engender more employment opportunities for the
 majority of Indians, to enable them to participate in the
 benefits of growth and to contribute to that growth. To do
 this they must have education and training that equips them
 for the labor market. One of the sources of the skilled
 workforce is the vocational education and training system.
 However, the government realizes that the system is not
 being able to appropriately respond to the needs of the
 labor market. A key issue, then, is what
 reforms/interventions are needed to improve the
 effectiveness of the system. Answering that question is far
 from easy and this paper attempts to provide some options
 for doing so. On the one hand India faces the future with
 its changing realities; on the other hand it must deal with
 the nature of its established traditions and structures.
 This paper has laid out some key reforms that must be
 undertaken in different areas to make the vocational
 education and vocational training systems more responsive to
 the needs of the labor market. The reform agenda is fairly
 comprehensive and all the reforms cannot be implemented
 immediately. Given this, the paper has laid out some of the
 critical reforms that need to be undertaken in the short-run
 (first phase) followed by others that can be undertaken over
 a period of 2-3 years. The first phase focuses on reforms
 aimed at improving the quality and labor market relevance of
 the existing system, while the medium-term agenda also
 includes moving forward on mobilizing additional resources
 for the system, especially once the quality has improved.
 However the background work needed to undertake reforms in
 the medium-term should also commence immediately. These
 reforms should be treated as a package. If only some are
 instituted, while others are not, it is unlikely that the
 objective of developing a truly demand-responsive system
 will be effectively met.
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The Spirit of BoldnessThe adolescent girl’s initiative (AGI)
 was motivated by the idea that vocational training and youth
 employment programs tailored to the needs of girls and young
 women can improve the economic empowerment and agency. By
 putting that idea into practice in a number of ways, the AGI
 pilots are making it possible to learn about the demand for
 such programs and whether in their current form they are a
 feasible and (in some cases) cost-effective means of meeting
 their objectives. Adolescent females in lower-income
 countries face a difficult environment in their path toward
 economic empowerment, a critical dimension of adulthood.
 Females, especially from low-income countries, want to
 participate in programs to support their economic
 empowerment. Effective programs shared certain features that
 made it possible for them to reach adolescent girls and
 young women and successfully assess and impart the skills
 that they needed.
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Lessons from the World Bank’s Adolescent Girls InitiativeThe adolescent girl’s initiative (AGI) was motivated by the idea that vocational training and youth employment programs tailored to the needs of girls and young women can improve the economic empowerment and agency. By putting that idea into practice in a number of ways, the AGI pilots are making it possible to learn about the demand for such programs and whether in their current form they are a feasible and (in some cases) cost-effective means of meeting their objectives. Adolescent females in lower-income countries face a difficult environment in their path toward economic empowerment, a critical dimension of adulthood. Females, especially from low-income countries, want to participate in programs to support their economic empowerment. Effective programs shared certain features that made it possible for them to reach adolescent girls and young women and successfully assess and impart the skills that they needed.