{"id":997,"date":"2018-06-25T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/?p=997"},"modified":"2022-11-17T15:32:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T15:32:31","slug":"why-india-should-invest-in-the-skill-development-of-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/why-india-should-invest-in-the-skill-development-of-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY INDIA SHOULD INVEST IN THE SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"997\" class=\"elementor elementor-997\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2492747a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2492747a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c24d8cd\" data-id=\"5c24d8cd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43b2ea16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43b2ea16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>India celebrates\u00a0<strong>National Youth Day<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>12<\/strong>\u00a0January on Swami Vivekananda\u2019s birth anniversary, also called\u00a0<strong>Swami Vivekananda Jayanti<\/strong>\u00a0since 1985.This day is celebrated to inspire and encourage the youth to embark on a successful journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>According to UNESCO,\u00a0 \u201cYouth\u201d is best understood as a period of transition from the dependence of childhood to adulthood\u2019s independence and awareness of our interdependence as members of a community. Youth is a more fluid category than a fixed age-group. However, age is the easiest way to define this group, particularly in relation to <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/education\/\"   title=\"Education\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1471\">education<\/a> and employment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>India is a developing country and around 50% of its population is under the age of 25. According to the UN report, India has the largest youth population in the world. So <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/livelihood\/\"   title=\"Livelihood\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"140\">skill development<\/a> becomes very important. \u00a0It is a process in which youth\u00a0 of India is enabled and mobilized in \u00a0a large number to take up outcome based skill training and become employable and earn their livelihood. As they are the future of country it is very important that they have a job or they are doing something productive. It will also eradicate unemployment. There are many reasons for a country like India to invest in the skill development of the youth.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It will eradicate unemployment and poverty.<\/li>\n<li>Increasing capacity &amp; capability of existing system to ensure equitable access to all.<\/li>\n\n<li>It will promote lifelong learning, maintaining quality and relevance, according to changing requirement particularly of emerging knowledge economy.<\/li>\n\n<li>It will channelize the vast potential of indigenous man power.<\/li>\n<li>It will transform India into a diversified and internationally-competitive economy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On July 15, 2015 to enable Indian economy and industry to benefit from the country\u2019s young work force Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>National Skill Development Mission<\/li>\n\n<li>National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pradhan Mantri\u00a0Kaushal Vikas Yojana (Prime Minister Skill Development Scheme)<\/li>\n\n<li>Rural India Skill<\/li>\n\n<li>Skill Loan Scheme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though government of India is taking initiative, alone it cannot accomplish this task. It calls for a concerted effort of government, private players and NGOs to address the issue in a comprehensive manner. We need to focus on the skill development of the youth as it is one of the essential element of India\u2019s future economic growth. It will play a defining element in India\u2019s growth story. As aptly quoted by Nelson Mandela -\u201cThe youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow\u201d.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India celebrates\u00a0National Youth Day\u00a0on\u00a012\u00a0January on Swami Vivekananda\u2019s birth anniversary, also called\u00a0Swami Vivekananda Jayanti\u00a0since 1985.This day is celebrated to inspire and encourage the youth to embark on a successful journey. \u00a0 According to UNESCO,\u00a0 \u201cYouth\u201d is best understood as a period of transition from the dependence of childhood to adulthood\u2019s independence and awareness of our interdependence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}