CBSE to hold Junior Skills Championship to enhance technical and vocational education at school level

The Junior Skills Championship will be conducted at four levels - Screening, Qualifying, Semi-Final and Final.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in partnership with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship announced the first edition of Junior Skills Championship 2021. The championship aims to enhance technical and vocational education (TVET) at the school level. This year, the championship will be conducted virtually and will focus on helping the students identify their skills and make informed decisions regarding their career. The students can register for the Junior Skills Championship 2021 on or before February 19, 2021.
The students of Classes 6 to 12 studying in more than 25,000 CBSE-affiliated CBSE schools will be participating in the championship. This will help them to prepare for the World Skills Championship. The schools can submit bulk entries of their students. The final screening and selection of the students will be done by NSDC.

The championship will have various activities including skill competitions for schools, career counselling webinars, digital seminars and panel discussions, online boot camps and roundtable conference of academicians and corporates leading up to the final national competition to be held in April 2021.

The Junior Skills Championship will be conducted at four levels - Screening, Qualifying, Semi-Final and Final. Due to the COVID-19 situation, the first three levels of championship will be conducted online, and the finale is proposed to be conducted on-ground in Delhi.

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship while applauding the initiative and said, “the introduction of skill training at school level can play a pivotal role in providing lifelong learning opportunities to the children and enhance their prospects of sustainable livelihood in the future”.

“As we continue the journey of making India the ‘Skill Capital of the World’, now is the time to commence initiatives from our schools, to build the right knowledge, awareness and skillsets from the foundational years, it added.

Highlighting the importance of this championship for teachers, CBSE said that, “it will help us empower teachers to integrate skill development at the school level to train an agile workforce for jobs of the future”.

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