CPD RMG Study Stitching a better future for Bangladesh
Published in The Economic Times on December 20, 2017
The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved a new skill development scheme to provide demand driven and placement oriented skilling programmes to create jobs in the textile sector.
With an outlay of Rs 1,300 crore till 2019-20, the Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS) will also incentivize the efforts of the industry in creating jobs in the organized textile and related sectors, promote skilling and skill up-gradation in the traditional sectors and provide livelihood to all sections of the society across the country.
10 lakh people are expected to be skilled and certified in various segments of the textile sector through the scheme, out of which 1 lakh will be in traditional sectors.
“The objectives of the scheme are to provide demand driven, placement oriented skilling programme to incentivise the efforts of the industry in creating jobs in the organised textile and related sectors,” said an official statement.
As per the statement, atleast 70% of the certified trainees are to be placed in the wage employment and post placement tracking will be mandatory under the scheme.
Job role wise skilling targets will be based on skill gap identified for various levels such as entry level courses, up-skilling/ re-skilling, training of trainers, recognition of prior learning and entrepreneurship development.
The skilling programmes would be implemented through textile industry/units, reputed training institutions relevant to textile sector, and institutions of textile ministry and state governments.
