Parliamentary Standing Committee asks Skills Ministry to come up with model guidelines on updating curricula

The parliamentary standing committee on labour, textiles and skills development, under Bhartruhari Mahtab, has asked the ministry of skills development and entrepreneurship to come up with model guidelines for the continued process of updating curricula for instructors and trainers.

In its 58th report tabled in the Parliament on Wednesday, the committee has asked MSDE to consider necessary interventions for trade certification of Agniveers besides reiterating that the issue of large number of vacancies of trainers and instructors in the industrial training institutes (ITIs) in the country should be a matter of high priority and needs continuous monitoring and sustained interventions as and when required.

“Flexi MoUs with the armed forces leading to trade certification for Agniveers should be an area of importance for the ministry or the director general of training (DGT). Since the system is in the initial stage and would evolve over time, the ministry or DGT has to keep track of the developments and consider necessary interventions required in a proactive manner,” the committee said.


According to the committee, the Government did not provide a specific and cogent picture of the status of development of course curricula for trainers and instructors of new age courses already introduced.

“The Committee would reiterate their recommendation and want the ministry to furnish a comprehensive reply after taking stock of the current availability of cutting edge course curricula for instructors and trainers in ITIs with special reference to new age courses,” it said.

“In the opinion of the committee, DGT should also consider drawing up model guidelines to be followed for the continued process of updating curricula for instructors/trainers,” it added.

On the NITI Aayog’s report on ‘Transforming ITIs’, the committee has asked the ministry to keep a tab on the action taken by the state governments and union territories in pursuance of the recommendations of the NITI Aayog.

Besides, it has asked MSDE to follow up with NITI Aayog on factual inaccuracies and inaccurate presumptions by the Aayog in its report on ITIs in January last year, saying the ministry should pursue the matter with NITI Aayog as they are the formulators of the way ahead in the public arena.