L Vatta
Assistant Professor
Department of Home Science
University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
Rajasthan
K Chayal
Assistant Professor
Department of Home Science
University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
Rajasthan
S Jindal
SRF, ICAR Funded Project
Department of Home Science
University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
Rajasthan
S Chaudhary
Field assistant, ICAR Funded Project
Department of Home Science
University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
Rajasthan
Abstract
The world is moving at a faster speed with new industrial demands increasing day by day. With these increasing industries, it will be a challenge to supply skilled manpower in it. India is leading towards it with the launch of,National Skill Development Mission on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day. It is supported by three other institutions: National Skill Development Agency (NSDA), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), and Directorate General of Training (DGT) – all of which will have horizontal linkages with Mission Directorate to facilitate smooth functioning of the national institutional mechanism. When it comes to Skill development in higher education the biggest challenge is academia and industrial gap. In order to bridge the industry academia gap – NSDC has developed a unique model to integrate skill based trainings into the academic cycle of the Universities. Home Science in this context is considered to be a step behind. Hence a study entitled “Status of Available Training Packages, Development of Entrepreneurial Skills and Identification of Future Needs in Home Science Graduates” with the objectives to study the career opportunities and skill gap in Home science and to explore new career opportunities and prospectus of skill India Mission for Home Science. The data were collected from the Home science teachers teaching in various universities of India. Results show that working as village worker or working with NGO, community programme planner, nursery school teacher, CAD designer, interior decorator and event planner were the major job opportunities as reported by academicians. Lack of industry linkages and non-availability of campus placement were the major reasons per academicians behind skill gap. Skill gaps of various discipline of home science and their linkages with the development initiatives of Government of India were also explored. Major recommendations for the subject with respect to skill education were that skill development programme should be introduced right from the beginning in higher education and last year of education should be completely focused to skill education.
