AICTE to improve employability of school dropouts, invites applications from institutes under KARMA scheme

AICTE-approved institutions can submit applications on the council’s portal, which will open on December 15, 2021, and will remain active throughout the year. 

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has invited applications from its approved institutions to impart skill training through ‘Kaushal Augmentation and Restructuring Mission of AICTE’ (KARMA) to school dropouts after Class 10 onwards in the self-financing mode.  

The courses shall be compliant with the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) and the institutes are required to have necessary infrastructure in the domain of skilling. The details and guidelines about the scheme are available at aicte-india.org/SCHEMES/KARMA. AICTE-approved institutions can submit applications on the council’s portal, which will open on December 15, 2021, and will remain active throughout the year. The objective of the scheme is to overcome the dual challenge of scarcity of skilled manpower in jobs and low skill level of those who are currently in jobs. 

Target beneficiaries will be 

• Students who have dropped out of school after Class 10 and want to pursue, attain higher order skills and are living in the vicinity of college/polytechnic.  
• The one who possesses an Aadhaar card and fulfils other criteria for the respective job role as defined by the NSQF.
• The scheme is applicable to the candidate who has passed at least Class 10/ ITIs. 

Objectives of AICTE KARMA scheme 

• Strategically  planned skill initiatives to create skilled and certified workforce, who not only contribute towards the growth of India,  but also drive the country into becoming the global skills capital. 
• Encourage  the institutions for making the best use of available  infrastructure of higher education system during non-working  hours  for skill training by re-aligning the existing infrastructure for  the skill courses specially, training AIDS, syllabus, curriculum,  etc, as per the NSQF-aligned  qualifications. 
• The  scheme is applicable to the candidates who have passed at least Class 10/ITIs. 
• The  training shall be any domain-specific demand-led skill training activity  preferably in core engineering sectors leading to employment  or self-employment that enables a participant to acquire a skill  duly assessed and certified by an independent third party agency,  and which enables him/her to get wage/self-employment leading to  increased earnings, and/or improved working conditions, such as  getting formal certification for hitherto informal skills and/or  moving from informal to formal sector jobs or pursue higher  education/training. 

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