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I went into oblivion. Individuals became self centred,

thus making production process skill less. But with the
revolutionary change in production process, individual
efforts became collective and skill becomes a necessary
ingredient. While skill is a broad spectrum human
function, its development requires proper parameters
of skill. These parameters are multi faceted for which
ndia has been facing a burgeoning problem specialized training is necessary for each kind of skill.
of unemployment. Number of unemployment people As we understand that the primary objective of the
has crossed millions and is still increasing. Govt. has National Skill Development Council is to delineate the
taken a number of initiatives. There are a number of kinds of skill required for different segments of the
flagship programmes through which rural and urban society and it is the duty of the Council is to find out
unemployment may be addressed. areas where there is lack of skill and where development
But these programmes did not touch even the of skill will lead to greater productivity leading to
fringe of this gigantic issue. Hence, the Govt. of India national growth in terms of higher GDP.
has envisaged a new programme on the premise Vital aspects of development of skill in any sphere
that unemployment problem is not just a lack of of life is very closely and intimately related with the
employment. It is rather a problem of unemploybility foundation of mindset, which begins with the pattern
of the major section of the work force. The youth do not and content of education of young population in the
have required skill to perform any kind of job and hence schools and colleges and how they are motivated during
find no employment. In order to obviate these hurdles, their studies and discourses.
the Government has decided to make the unemployed The subject matter of skill development and
skilful and established an institution called National competitive mindset is almost synonymous with
Skill Development Council. national development. In fact, development of every
The National Skill Development Council is an individual life is to be viewed as a matter of competition
innovative concept having Pan India ramifications. and skill development, which depends first and foremost
Acquiring of skill is the natural instinct of mankind and on intelligence development, imagination development
from time immemorial the civilization has progressed by and finally technical development as indicated by Sir
progressive change of skills from one generation to the Albert Einstein. Present education system needs to be
other. Pre human history when people were hunter- thoroughly reviewed and must be based on finer, wider
gatherer of resources from natural surroundings had and deeper sense of a competitive perspective and far
the need for lesser amount of skill and more of physical from just an income oriented mechanized career, which
strength. Gradually, with the march of humanity, is the culture and mode of education of modern world.
physical strength becomes less germane and mental This was stressed by Swami Vivekananda long 100 years
aptitude of the persons became the prime mover of back and proclaimed ‘Education is the Manifestation
development. This transformation from physical to of Perfection already in Man’ and emphasized
mental architecture was driven by a kind of energy, on ‘Man Making Education’, which should be our
which later termed as ‘skill’. In that sense, skill is an aim and motto for the development of the Youth and
inherent component of human mind, which remains subsequent building of the Nation.
dormant unless it is triggered by some outside stimulus.
This stimulus may take the shape of physical push or
spiritual realization. Modern society prefers spiritual
development of the mind since the days of Swami
Vivekananda a century ago.
Unfortunately, during the last two centuries Sankar_sanyal@yahoo.co.in
philosophy of mind had metamorphosed into socialist
realism with the advent of Marxian concept of society,
which he believed is related to labour and its exploitation.
This concept has had its hey days for a considerable time
but with the destruction of Soviet Union, the concept

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