WORLD YOUTH SKILLS DAY 2021 - PSS CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION - UNESCO-UNEVOC

PSS CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
     (A CONSTITUENT UNIT OF NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND
          TRAINING, UNDER MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA)

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             WORLD YOUTH SKILLS DAY – 2021
                            15 July 2021 (THURSDAY)
          Theme: Reimagining Youth Skills Post-Pandemic

1.0 BACKGROUND

The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures have led to the worldwide closure of
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions, threatening the
continuity of skills development. Learners are affected by school closures across the
States/UTs in India. Distance education and training has become the most common way
of imparting skills, with considerable difficulties regarding, among others, curricula
adaptation, trainee and trainer preparedness, connectivity or assessment and
certification processes. Young people need to be equipped with the skills to successfully
manage the current challenges due to COVID -19 pandemic and develop resilience to
adapt to the present and future disruptions.

In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day,
to celebrate the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for
employment, decent work and entrepreneurship. Since then, World Youth Skills Day
(WYSD) events have provided a unique opportunity for dialogue between young people,
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions, firms, employers’
and workers’ organizations, policymakers and development partners.

On 15 July 2021, the UNESCO-UNEVOC is hosting various events to mark the World Youth
Skills Day. This year’s theme for WYSD is Reimagining Youth Skills Post Pandemic. For
more information about the UNESCO-UNEVOC’s WYSD 2021 activities, please visit the
weblink https://unevoc.unesco.org/wysd/World+Youth+Skills+Day.

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The PSS Central Institute of Vocational Education (PSSCIVE), which is a constituent unit
of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), is also one of the
Network Centres of UNESCO's International Project on Technical and Vocational
Education (UNEVOC). UNEVOC Centres are national focal points for receiving and
disseminating UNESCO messages. They exchange information, experience and skills on all
major areas of work of the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre, Bonn, Germany.
Through the UNEVOC Centres, TVET related knowledge and innovative best practices are
transferred from one country to another. As UNEVOC Centre, the PSSCIVE, Bhopal is
organising academic activities to mark the celebrations of the WYSD - 2021.

2.0 OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the World Youth Skills Day 2021 are to:

(i)   Assess the situation of young people regarding skills and work during and after the
      COVID-19 pandemic; learn how they have been living through the crisis; highlight
      success stories of youth innovation and resilience;
(ii) Reflect on how TVET stakeholders can collaborate to scale up skills development
      and help reconcile the short-term need for economic recovery with the urgent need
      for accelerating the transition to sustainable development; and
(iii) Debate on prospects for skills development and the world of work as economies
      recover, and on the effectiveness of national recovery plans and support from
      development partners.

3.0 PROGRAMME

3.1 KEYNOTES

Keynote 1: VET Stakeholders Partnership for Scaling up Youth Skill Development
Prof. Neela Dabir, Ex-Dean School of Vocational Education, TISS, Mumbai

Keynote 2: Reimagining Vocational Education for Skilling Youth: Policy to Action
Dr. Leena Chandran Wadia, Sr. Fellow, ORF, Mumbai

3.2 PRESENTATION

Online Teaching-learning during the COVID -19 Pandemic: Challenges and Benefits
Mr. Ajit Kumar Padhi Director-Operations, IT-ITES Sector Skill Council, NASSCOM,
New Delhi.

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3.3 PANEL DISCUSSION

The panel discussion will focus on

•   how the changing labour market impacts the skills youth needs – digital, soft and
    transferable skills.
•   how to address the future skill needs, especially for the industry 4.0.
•   how the VET system should respond to the pandemic and to the emerging patterns of
    change that has emerged in different sectors of economy.

3.3.1 Panellists

•   Dr. S. K. Naskar, FIC Training Cell, Academic Affairs, National Institute of Technical
    Teachers Training and Research, Kolkata
•   Shri. R. G. Dwivedi, Chairperson, Indian Society for Training and Development,
    Bhopal Chapter, Bhopal
•   Representatives from Sector Skill Councils and States/UTs.

3.3.2 Moderator

Prof. Vinay Swarup Mehrotra, PSSCIVE, Bhopal

4.0 GOOGLE MEET LINK

meet.google.com/suu-ybpy-tpt
(only 250 persons can join)

5.0 PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

Date: Thursday, 15 July 2021
Time: 10.30 AM – 1.00 PM

      10:30 AM         Welcome and Introduction
                       Prof. Vinay Swarup Mehrotra, Coordinator, UNEVOC Centre,
                       PSSCIVE, Bhopal
                       About World Youth Skills Day and Initiatives by PSSCIVE,
      10.35 AM
                       Bhopal
                       Prof. Rajesh P. Khambayat, Joint Director, PSSCIVE, Bhopal
                       Special Remarks
      10.45 AM
                       Prof. Debi Prasad Mishra, Director, National Institute of Technical
                       Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR), Kolkata

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Inaugural Address
     10.55 AM
                         Prof. Sridhar Srivastava, Director (I/c), National Council of
                         Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi
     11.05 AM            Keynote 1
                         VET Stakeholders Partnership for Scaling up Youth Skill
                         Development
                         Prof. Neela Dabir, Ex-Dean, School of Vocational Education, Tata
                         Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
     11.25 AM            Keynote 2
                         Reimagining Vocational Education for Skilling Youth: Policy to
                         Action
                         Dr. Leena Chandran Wadia, Sr. Fellow, ORF, Mumbai and Senior
                         Consultant, Committee on the National Education Policy 2020
     11.45 AM            Online Teaching-learning during the COVID -19 Pandemic:
                         Challenges and Benefits
                         Mr. Ajit Kumar Padhi Director-Operations, IT-ITES Sector Skill
                         Council, NASSCOM, New Delhi
    12.00 Noon           Question and Answer Session
     12.15 PM            Panel Discussion: Reimagining Youth Skills Post Pandemic
                         Dr. S.K.Naskar, FIC Training Cell, Academic Affairs, NITTTR,
                         Kolkata
                         Mr. R. G. Dwivedi, ISTD, Bhopal Chapter
                         Representatives from SSCs and States/UTs.

                         Moderator: Prof. Vinay Swarup Mehrotra
     12.50 PM            Open Discussion and Q & A Session
     12.55 PM            Vote of Thanks
                         Prof. Vinay Swarup Mehrotra

                 Joint Director
  PSS Central Institute of Vocational Education
                  Shyamla Hills,
          Bhopal – 462002 (M.P.), India
    (a constituent unit of National Council of
       Educational Research and Training,
under Ministry of Education, Government of India)
        Email: jd[at]psscive[dot]ac[dot]in,
           jdpsscive[at]gmail[dot]com
   Tel: +91 755 2660691, 2704100, 2660391,
                2660564 2660481

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