QUESTION 18
GS2
15 marks
Skill development programmes have succeeded in increasing human resources supply to various sectors. In the context of the statement analyse the linkages between education, skill and employment.
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Taking the claim that skilling has raised the supply of trained workers, analyse how well education, skills and employment are actually linked in India.
AnalyseBreak it into parts, show how the parts connect, and judge which matter most.
Demand-wise check
- 1Supply has grown: Skill India Mission, PMKVY, ITIs, apprenticeships (NAPS), Skill India Digital≈65 words
- 2Weak links: education not geared to employability, short-term courses with low placement, mismatch with industry needs, most jobs informal, low female participation≈65 words
- 3Strengthening links: NEP 2020 vocational integration, apprenticeship-embedded degrees, industry-led sector skill councils, PM Internship Scheme≈65 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Accept/qualify the claimEducation–skill linkSkill–job linkGaps with evidenceMeasuresConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Agreeing with the statement without testing it against placement and employability data
- Discussing skills alone and not the three-way linkage the question asks for
Draw this
- Chain diagram: education → skill → employment, with a break shown at each weak link
Value addition
- DataPLFS 2022–23 found only about 4% of workers aged 15–59 had formal vocational or technical training.Periodic Labour Force Survey 2022–23, MoSPI
- PolicyNEP 2020 aims for at least 50% of learners to have exposure to vocational education by 2025.National Education Policy 2020
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