QUESTION 7
GS2
10 marks
“Earn while you learn” scheme needs to be strengthened to make vocational education and skill training meaningful. Comment.
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Comment on whether strengthening 'earn while you learn' would make vocational education and skilling effective.
CommentGive your own view on the statement and back it with facts and examples.
Demand-wise check
- 1Idea: apprenticeships and paid on-the-job training; examples like NAPS and NATS≈30 words
- 2Why it helps: practical skills, income for poor students, industry linkage, dignity of labour≈30 words
- 3Problems: low industry participation, poor quality, stigma, mismatch of skills≈30 words
- 4Measures: NEP 2020 vocational exposure from class 6, credit framework, incentives to firms, dual system (Germany)≈30 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Explain the conceptBenefitsCurrent gapsHow to strengthenOpinion
Where marks usually go
- Explaining skill schemes without your comment on the statement
- No reference to apprenticeship data
Draw this
- Bridge diagram: classroom ↔ workplace
Value addition
- DataOnly about 4% of India's workforce has formal vocational training (PLFS), against 75% in Germany.Periodic Labour Force Survey / NSDC
- SchemeNational Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (2016) shares 25% of stipend (up to ₹1,500 a month) with employers.Ministry of Skill Development
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 38 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 15 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 11 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 5 ↗Same syllabus reference
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