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HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY (HRDS) is approved as Assessing Body for conducting Examinations under Skill Development Initiative Scheme of Govt. of India (sdis.gov.in/SDI/Assessing Body List)

Modular Employable Skills (MES) under Skill Development Initiative Scheme (SDIS)

Objective

The objective of the scheme are:
  1. To provide vocational training to school leavers, existing workers, ITI graduates, etc. to improve their employability by optimally utilizing the infrastructure available in Govt., private institutions and the Industry. Existing skills of the persons can also be tested and certified under this scheme.
  2. To build capacity in the area of development of competency standards, course curricula, learning material and assessment standards in the country.

Key features of the scheme

  1. Demand driven short term training courses based on Modular Employable Skills (MES) decided in consultation with Industry. MES is the ‘minimum skills set’ which is sufficient for gainful employment.
  2. Central government will facilitate and promote training while industry, private sector and State Governments will train the persons.
  3. Optimum utilisation of existing infrastructure to make training cost effective.
  4. Flexible delivery mechanism (part time, weekends, full time, onsite/ offsite) to suit needs of various target groups.
  5. Different levels of programmes (Foundation level as well as skill upgradation) to meet demands of various target groups.
  6. The services of existing or retired faculty or guest faculty to be utilized.
  7. Courses would also be available for persons having completed 5th standard.
  8. Testing & certification of skills acquired informally.
  9. Testing of skills of trainees by independent assessing bodies, which would not be involved in training delivery, to ensure that it is done impartially.
  10. The essence of the scheme is in the certification that will be nationally and internationally recognized.

Assessing Bodies

DGE&T will appoint assessing bodies to assess the competencies of the trained persons. The assessing body will be an independent agency, which will not be involved in conducting the training programmes. This, in turn, will ensure quality of training and credibility of the scheme. Keeping in view the target of providing training/testing of one million persons through out the country and to avoid monopoly, more than one assessing bodies will be appointed for a sector or an area. These will also assist DGET to develop qualifications and standards for assessment through research and interaction with industry, trainers and academia.

Testing Centres (TCs)

Assessment of the persons will be done in designated Testing Centres four times a year by assessing bodies. Assessing bodies will select testing centres. The State /UT Governments will provide necessary support to the assessing bodies in selecting the Testing Centres. All VTPs and government ITIs affiliated to NCVT should function as TCs. The assessing bodies will provide details of selected TCs along with skill areas in which assessment can be done to the respective RDATs and State Directors. Testing Centres will enter have agreement with the assessing bodies for at least two years.

Certificate

Successful persons will be awarded certificates issued by National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT). The Assessing Bodies will send the list of successful candidates along with marks statement to respective Regional Directorate of Apprenticeship Training (RDAT) under DGE&T for issue of certificates. RDAT will issue certificates to the Assessing Bodies for dispatching to successful candidates by giving the details of competencies possessed by the trainee.

Order of Approval for Human Resources Development Society (HRDS) as Assessing Body