In the current day industry, the need for a skilled work force is making its presence felt now more than ever. It has become necessary for the country to provide its youth the required facilities to train them and develop skills required by industries and corporations. For the nation’s youth, skill development has come out as an enticing opportunity to create one’s own employment opportunity or make one skilled enough for corporations and industries to hire.
What is skill development?
Skill development refers to the process of identifying the skill gap you have and working towards attaining or developing that skill to help you succeed and perform better at your work. Skill development also refers to the development of vocational skills and professional skills to meet the demand of the industries and corporations of skilled workers who can immediately fit and start working without having to go through a training period. By ensuring the presence of skilled workers waiting to be hired, the investment and timed needed to temper the unskilled workforce is eliminated and saves costs for the company and increases productivity and efficiency simultaneously. Skill development is a golden opportunity for those who can’t afford or attain higher education for whatever means to ensure a bright future that is in no way inferior and give them a stable career. By developing skills that are required by the market forces, one ensures longevity of employment and instant employment opportunity in case the individual chooses to leave the current employer. The experience will only add up and with a readymade workforce available that cut downs the cost of training and is employable at the first instance is something all corporations and industries look for.
Skill development in India
The number of people in India below the age of 25 accounts for almost half of the employable work force and almost half the population of India is its employable age(18-60). By international standards, India is a young country with a millions of people in their prime, far more than other countries in the world. This huge population after attaining the required skill sets can become driving force of these corporations and industries around the world. This army of skilled workforce will be able to solve all the problems and needs of industries for skilled workers. The vacuum in the global market that is being created due to ageing workforce around the world is the perfect opportunity for the people of India to take their place. Developing skills needed by industries and corporations is the preliminary requirement and with current government schemes it is being promptly met.
Skill development is the perfect tool for curbing the growing issue of unemployment and showing the youth that the opportunities in the world are boundless and if one has enough drive to succeed and the skillset needed by the market, having a successful life and career is not a pipe dream but an achievable goal. Skill development is the need of the hour to ensure employability of the current population in their prime who can contribute enormously to the development of the country.
