SANKALP (Skills Acquisition And Knowledge Awareness For Livelihood Promotion)

SANKALP (Skills Acquisition And Knowledge Awareness For Livelihood Promotion)

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Policies and interventions & GS – III – Skill development

In news

• ‘Transforming skilling through strategic partnerships under SANKALP’ function was recently held.
• Ministry: Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE)

Important value additions 

• SANKALP (Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion) is a World Bank loan assisted programme
• Objective: To strengthen the district skill administration and the District Skill Committees (DSCs).
• It is a two-year academic programme.
• It comes with an in-built component of on-ground practical experience with the district administration.
• It will also support the Training of Trainer (ToT) system in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
• MSDE has instituted the “Awards for Excellence in District Skill Development Planning (DSDP Awards)” under SANKALP in 2018.