Council of Human Resource Education Development
The CHRED was set up to impart skill education to millions of Indian youth through appropriately designed vocation education programs. The focus is on developing job-specific skills rather than providing only a broad knowledge based education. The approach adopted is called the Work Integrated Training Progrrame during which many students may also earn a modest stipend in select skill knowledge sectors. The Vocational Education Programms is being implemented for the first time in India with a focus on job Specific skills rather than providing broad based education. The aim of this “Earn while you learn” model is to enable the students to learn the skill by engaging in an internship on the real shop floor of the Industry or Company along with theory training in the classroom. Although stipend is not mandatory for the skill knowledge providers. CHRED strongly encourages its skill knowledge providers to adopt this practice.
About CHRED
Organization Structure
To provide immediate and definite interventions to improve the lives of the disadvantaged and marginalized youth, especially who are excluded by the formal school education system, through appropriate vocational training programmes. The training program would be inclusive in nature and structured in a way to facilitate vertical movement of the organized and unorganized labour and facilitate the participation of women, children, the PWD and other vulnerable groups. Therefore, CHRED has been set up with a vision of creating an ecosystem that would bring back the dignity of labour for blue collar streams of work and create sustainable sources of income for the marginalized youth in the country. The CHRED has been incorporated to spearhead the Vocational Training envisaged in the initiative proposed by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India whereby CHRED has been selected as nodal point to implement the said initiative.
CHRED, which is the initiative that is undertaking these partnerships, has a core team led by the Dean of CHRED constitutes various departments like Vertical Managers, Technology Department, Accounts, Aptitude Test Development and Research & Development spearheaded by the Dean of the CHRED. The CHRED central team will act as an executive, regulatory body which will ensure smooth functioning of vocational training through various stakeholders like Center of Excellence, Skill Anchors, Hubs, Skill Knowledge Providers (SKP). The core CHRED team is proposed to be structured as follows.
Vertical Managers
This is the most important group assisting the Dean of CHRED in smooth functioning and scaling up of the CHRED model. Each manager shall anchor certain Industry vertical for specific geographies and shall be the responsible for any and every activity within that space. They shall facilitate appointment and functioning of Vertical Anchors, Industrial training institute, Community College, Skill Enhancement Employability cell, Apprenticeship Department, Examiner board and SKPs. They shall also be responsible to bring together all stake holders and facilitate meaningful interaction between all parties. The Vertical Manager shall be in charge of monitoring and evaluating certain number of Skill Community Training Institute as set by CHRED. The Vertical Manager shall have the mandate of Quality Checks for the hubs assigned as per the processes and systems laid down in Standard Operating Procedure.
Industrial Training Institute (Vocational Education)
Skill Community Training Institute is a Department of CHRED that facilitates the set of standards and practices throughout an organization. The (SCI – ITI) also serve as a community of practice for a given topic area, encouraging sharing and knowledge flow throughout the organization. The (SCI – ITI) also plays a central role in facilitating and ensuring the high standards in various areas by vetting the course structure, syllabus, examination process, & selection of examiners. The (SCI / ITI) would comprise of eminent individuals from industry/academics having a significant experience and contribution in their field of work. All members of The (SCI / ITI) shall be empanelled by CHRED.
Examination Board
The Examination Board will act as a central body to conduct standardized and uniform examination and evaluation process across the vertical. This will help to ensure fair evaluation of student’s knowledge and credibility achieved through the training. The Examination Board is like an extension of Skill Training Institute and Community Colleges as it will comprise of individuals having expertise in vertical specific knowledge, academics, etc. in particular geographies. Such members will be primarily responsible to set the question papers and evaluation schemes. They will have the charter to depute examiners to exam locations and ensure fair examination practices are implemented by partners. All members of Examination Board, other than the testing coordinators at CHRED, shall be empanelled.
Research
Research in Skills & vocational education is important not just for the students but at the regional levels to tap local talent like regional learning, integrating vulnerable groups. A research centre would lead to – supporting innovation, learning and social integration and also the improvement of the quality of workforce. It is a support system which will allow professional capability to amalgamate from various parts and sections of the society which will lead to transformation of the present industrial skill need as well as current unemployment levels in various sectors. It will do so by undertaking research studies through systematic collection and analysis of data and information assimilation from within its own programmes towards scientific understanding of the level of impact that the programmes of CHRED have had on the lives and livelihoods of the same. It will explore existing methods of vocational education across the world and present solutions to tackle challenges faced by the vocational education streams.
COUNCIL OF HUMAN
RESOURCE EDUCATION
DEVELOPMENT
AND ALL INDIA COUNCIL
FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Council of human Resource Education Development by his trust resolution signed MoU with All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). AICTE is entrusted with the duty to initiate all such steps as it may feel fit for ensuring coordinated and integrated development of technical and management education and maintenance of standards. AICTE has given mandate to CHRED, beginning though sbbmt, to offer certificate and diploma courses in various vocational streams as per National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) under its aegis. For the purpose, CHRED has adopted the Community Training Institute Model wherein, the training begins with basic orientation and job skills modules, covering the aspects of the World of Work that the student is going to enter. This transition will be designed to be seamless to reduce drop-out while the delivery will be through a work integrated approach. The model proposed is demand derived and, thus, ensures employability. The NSQF Level certificate will be awarded jointly by CHRED and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for National Employability Enhancement Policy changes permitting, advanced programmes also will be offered with potential cross-transfers to the academic streams to pursue diploma courses. Short term vocational course certificates shall be awarded solely by CHRED Skills. Through this MoU, A joint working group is constituted with the members of AICTE and CHRED to review the progress of the program.
CHRED Skills is rolling out a new education eco-system in India in association with AICTE. This is a Vocational Education programme focusing on job-specific skills rather than providing a broad and varied education. CHRED focuses vocational education programmes for various verticals starting from Automotive, Travel and Tourism, Health Care and Services, Fire and Safety, Retail Management, Media & Entertainment, Construction, HR and Sales, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Dialysis Technology, Industrial Tool Manufacturing, Industrial Safety, Logistics, Agriculture, Hospitality, ITES, Telecom, BFSI (Core Banking and Financial Services), Child Care. The Work Integrated Training Programme is where students learn the skill by engaging in on-the-job training at real shop floor of the industry/company. For effective delivery of this model, we will be leveraging on the expertise of a partner that will provide classroom-based training and will be known as a Hub. Furthermore, there will be an execution partner who provide on the job training. They are called Skill Knowledge partners (SKPs) and could include hospitals/industries/companies. Hence, with the Hub and Spoke model, students will be placed in the SKPs for on-the-job training while classroom theoretical training will be given by the hub partner.
Vocational
Programmes
Certificate Programmes
Skill Enhancement Programmes
Course Certification Types under CHRED – NSQF Level
DELIVERY MECHANISM
Vertical Anchor
Industrial Training Institute for Higher Education (Learning Centre)
Skill Knowledge Providers
- Creation of CHRED Eco – System
- Standardization
- Quality Control
- Course Design and curriculum approved
- Aptitude assessment
- Examination & Certification
Vertical Anchors
- Identified by CHRED
- Course Content Creation
- Facilitator as Training Institute Selection
- Registration and Activation
Skill Training Institute
- Identified by Anchor
- Mobilization of Trainees
- Collect payments from trainees
- Provide classroom infrastructure
- Provide Industrial theatrical training
- Facilitate selection & registration of Skill Knowledge Providers (SKP)
- Facilitate conduct of aptitude assessment