Jan Shikshan Sansthan

Jan Shikshan Sansthan (formerly known as Shramik Vidyapeeth) provide vocational skills to non-literate, neo-literates as well as school drop-outs by identifying skills that have a market in the region of their establishment.

The Scheme of Jan Shikshan Sansthan has been transferred from Ministry of Education (earlier Human Resource Development) to Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in July-2018.

The aim of Jan Shikshan Sansthan 2.0 is to train 28.18lakh beneficiaries from FY 2022-23 to FY 2025-26.

Objective

The objective of the scheme is to increase the household income by promoting self/wage employment through skill development training. The skill training provided through JSSs is, flexible, affordable and highly accessible to women, Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), minorities, and any other disadvantaged groups of society. 

Target Group

• Socio-economically backward and educationally disadvantaged groups of rural/urban population.
• Main target include non-literates, neo-literates and persons having rudimentary level of education (70%), school dropouts up to class 12th (20%), and graduates (10%) in the age group of 15-45 years. Age relaxation is given to Divyangjan and other deserving cases, especially women.
• Priority given to SCs, STs, OBC sand minorities in the rural areas and urban low-income areas.

Features

• Polyvalent approach takes into account; learning needs, convenience of place and time of learners and trainers.
• The skill training courses should have a local market demand and should lead to increase in income of beneficiaries
• Courses taught are diversified, flexible and adaptable to varying needs and situations.
• The skill training should be conducted with the support of the local community at the doorstep of the beneficiary. 
• Livelihood cell to be encouraged the beneficiaries for self and wage employment and linkages with national / state portal for promotion of employment and job melas etc.
• The skilling courses should be aligned with the National Standard Qualification Framework (NSQF).
• Livelihood experience, market exposure and systematic evidence-based assessment systems are included in the courses to make learning more effective
• The methodology of teaching includes both theoretical (30%) and practical (70%) learning. 
• Training of trainers through National Skill Training Institutes
• Evaluation includes concurrent and terminal.

Course Curriculum

The courses offered in the JSS are a blend of technical and employability skills. This enables the beneficiaries in learning the right set of skills to beutilised for gainful self/wage employment. 

The Directorate of JSS (DJSS) has developed suitable job roles for the JSS clientele. The National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) has approved 15 Qualifications / Courses for JSS scheme, which have been aligned with NSQF levels 2 and 3. The training will be imparted in these qualifications/job roles by JSSs from FY 2022-23.

Implementation guidelines

The JSS are being sanctioned to voluntary agencies/charitable trusts/no-profit organisations.

The eligibility Criteria for Applicant Agencies include the following

• Any agency, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860/Indian Trusts Act, 1882/Section 8 of Companies Act, 2013 with a minimum of three (03) years of experience as on the date of application and fulfilling the below-mentioned criteria may apply for new JSS:
  • Valid Registration under Section 12A & 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and NGO DARPAN Portal of NITI Aayog.
  • Minimum annual turnover of ₹10.00 lakh in each financial year for the last three financial years.  
  • At least three (03) years of experience in conducting vocational training/skill development / running educational institutions including medical / entrepreneurship/community development / rural development/healthcare/ life skills/welfare programmes. 

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Source : Ministry of Skill Development And Entrepreneurship