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SHREYAS

Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills

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  • Opportunities to the general graduates exiting in April 2019 through the National Apprenticeship Promotional Scheme (NAPS) . The program aims to enhance the employability of Indian youth by providing ‘on the job work exposure’ and earning of stipend.
  • SHREYAS is a programme basket with initiatives of three Central Ministries, namely the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and the Ministry of Labour & Employment viz the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) , the National Career Service (NCS) and introduction of BA/BSc/Bcom (Professional) courses in the higher educational institutions.

SHREYAS Objectives

The primary scheme will be operated in conjunction with National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) , which provides for placing of apprentices up to 10% of the total work force in every business/industry.

3 Tracks

The programme would witness simultaneous implementation along three tracks.

  • 1st Track: Add-on apprenticeship (Degree apprenticeship) - who are currently completing the degree programme would be invited to choose a job role of their choice from a selected list of apprenticeship job roles given by the Sector Skill Councils of the MoSDE
  • 2nd track: – Embedded Apprenticeship - existing B. Voc programmes would be restructured into B. A (Professional) , B. Sc. (Professional) or B. Com (Professional) courses - which would include not only educational input, vocational input, but also a mandatory apprenticeship ranging from 6 to 10 months depending on the requirement of the skill.
  • 3rd Track: Linking National Career Service with Colleges -National Career Service (NCS) portal of Ministry of Labour& Employment would be linked with the Higher Education institutions.
  • Central Government shares 25% of the stipend per month subject to a maximum of ₹ 1500 p. m. during the period of the apprenticeship. Apart from that, an amount up to ₹ 7500 will be met towards basic training cost, where needed.

Role of Institutions, Sector skill councils and MSDE would be useful.

Manishika