Skill as described in simpler words as the ability of a person to do something well , especially because of training , practice , etc .
Skills
are things that individuals learn throughout the journey of life and should not be mistaken with the
word TALENT that may be in-born. Unlike talent it is possible to state that
skills are developed i. e. In order to
have a certain skill the individual must train and practice that skill. It happens most
of the time that talent and skill are
misinterpreted , as an individual is able to build a skill to such perfection
that it could start looking like a talent.
In
this technologically- aided world we still rely on our perspectives of talent –
hunt when we should have started with skill – building programs . Many believe that people are born with a
certain talent and that only these selected individuals will be successful.
This, however, is not necessarily true, as the concept of talent should be open
to different individuals' interpretations. No one is already born a scientist,
a dancer or teacher, yet as individuals, we can develop certain skills to fit
in different categories. While talent is an undoubted advantage for success in
the people holding it, it…
On the
other hand a ‘skill’ can be learned through Hard work, Dedication,
Passion and Persistence..
INDIAN
SCENARIO :
Today, India is on the cusp
of demographic dividend. Demographic dividend or advantage occurs when a
country's working-age population is higher than the dependent population. Thus
the number of youth is higher than the number of children and retired people.
Many countries have reaped the benefits of having a large pool of a young
population. Their economies grew at a faster rate. But rapid growth cannot be
achieved with the population advantage alone. We need economic reforms
and should motivate people to reach higher, come up with innovative ideas, and
take bold decisions. With this perspective, the government of India launched the
Skill India mission in 2015.
As an up-gradation to which
at the time of pandemic he presented a new mantra for the youth to skill, re
skill and up skill in order to remain relevant in the rapidly changing business
environment and market conditions. He meant that in this technologically
advanced world we can grow and stand equivalent to others by adopting such
mantras in life .
Skill – learning a new skill
and add value to skill.
Reskill – add to your skill
each day by learning something new.
Up skill – widening your
skill sets
If we are still not
investing our time ,money , education in learning a skill it will all turn out
to be a big failure afterall we can study about the mechanism to fly an aircraft a
whole year but it will all be in vain if we cannot learn how to fly it
for real.
WHY IS SKILLING IMPORTANT :
- We
are struggling with the academia-industry gap for years now. Though the
number of colleges has mushroomed, students are not job-ready. They lack
the skills that the workplace requires.
- It
is not just about being empolyed and employable but we should also strive
to broaden the mindset of the youth. For actual progress, we need good
entrepreneurs and scientists too.
- Provisions for the economic empowerment
of the underprivileged youth is a need because we cannot afford to lose
our gems just because they cannot afford to learn skills.
- Through
Skill , Reskill and Upskill we can surely take Indian youths to meet both
local demand and rank well on a global scale and empower themselves by
creating opportunities for them in global companies.
PROGRESS SO
FAR :
As per the Press
Information Bureau, more than one crore youths have joined the Skill India Program (2015) so far and are benefitting
from it.
The government has
even signed Memorandums of Cooperation (MoCs) with countries like Japan,
Russia, and the U.K. India participated in World Skill competitions and won
various accolades.
However, according to many economists and the industrial data, joblessness is
on the rise. Though the number of people who acquired skills increased
manifolds, only a few of them (around 30%) could get jobs. It implies that the
government has to focus on job creation urgently.
Inspite of a lot of programs and schemes from government we are still not
getting the desired outcomes , for which
many reasons are possible from corruptions to scam ridden-schemes , or may be
desemination of information ,etc.
We can conclude that such programs are may be excellent and also very much
required. But we need a central mechanism to monitor their implementation and
track the outcomes.
CONCLUSIONS
:
History of a place has a major impact on its
future , we can learn from our mistakes in past and can add on to our
progresses of past turning out to be a happening nation. Yes , India was known
as the golden bird centuries back . Why
? Because of the plethora of wealth India possessed , Agriculture , Spices ,
Industries , Architecures that showed
the excellance of craftsmanship and popular even today , the time when
government existed with WELFARE principle , Sciene and technology, Medicine and
Ayurveda which was a boon to civilisation , Astronomy , Warfares and what not
….we were a skilled nation from the start. Right now who has
forget the essence and purity of its roots and culture to struggle to learn and explore
. This has to be revived very soon as in the run of a tech – freak society we
are losing our true identity.
To be
discrimitative , skills are something internal – eternal value that do not need
any scheme or program to learn .
Without
sharpening your weapons , standing on the battlefield would not increase our
chance of winning as mere knowledge is not skill but knowledge plus ten thousand
times is skill.
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