Using the Distance Mode for Skill Development: A Game Changer for India’s Skill Development Endeavours
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Skill development being a precondition for productivity, India’s National Skill Development Mission (2015) seeks rapid scaling up of skill development endeavours. It also requires that skill training programmes conform to nationally and internationally acceptable standards. This study is premised on these two requirements. It underscores the potential of open and distance learning (ODL) systems for speeding up skill development processes through training programmes that accommodate large cohorts of trainees and also meet acceptable standards. It uses the method of document analysis to extract arguments favouring the suitability of ODL for these purposes. The implication of the study is that as the COVID pandemic has already made distance teaching and learning the key instructional strategy, it is time to deliberate on the need for altering the imple-mentation framework of the skill development mission and include ODL interventions for scaling up speed and quality of skill development programmes.Downloads
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