Kerala Academy for Skills Excellence (KASE), the State Skill Development Mission (SSDM), Department of Labour & Skills, Government of Kerala was set up in 2012 under Section 25 of the Companies Act 1956, to act as the apex entity to initiate, regulate and coordinate focused skill development for different industrial domains.
Objectives of KASE
a. To promote, establish, set up, monitor, govern and regulate institutions and academies for the skills excellence for development of core employability skills and competency standards that meet the demands of various industries through training methodologies and curricula and to provide a common platform for
collaboration amongst employers, training providers and the labour force, not with the motive of profit.
b. To provide control, coordination, direction and guidelines for such academies/institutions for excellence in skills in the State of Kerala by acting as an apex institution; to create communication inter linkages amongst partnering institutions at various points in the spectrum like youth, industry, training institutions and grass root mobilization organizations from Public, Private and Non-Governmental organizations/sectors; and to assist in bridging demand –supply asymmetries and to create a viable skill development chain, with particular emphasis on sectors where the labour market mechanism is ineffective or missing like the unorganized sector jobs.
c. To establish, manage, run and promote or facilitate to establish, manage, run and promote academies, institutes or Centres of Excellence for imparting skill training in a number of areas and / or imparting education either by itself or associating, partnering, engaging or entering into joint venture with or affiliating with National / International Universities/Agencies or in collaboration with the experienced or innovative on the ground practitioners, National or International academies, institutions and organizations from different fields, as the sources of innovation, practice dissemination, certification or accreditation, as it deemsfit.
iSTEP (International Skill Training and Employability Programme)
iSTEP (International Skill Training and Employability Programme) is an international outreach initiative which aims to form long term sustainable relationships for skill development and employability with international organizations, industries, industrial clusters and experts. The programme was launched by Government of Kerala on 8th November, 2014.
Objectives of this EoI
a. The objective of this EoI is to give momentum to skill driven employability initiatives in the State. KASE-State Skill Development Mission intends to empanel Centres as Centres of Excellence‟ (“CoEs”) and invites agencies to establish CoEs.
KASE vide this EoI also intends to grant accreditation to courses which will provide knowledge, soft-skill as well as technical-skill driven training in the identified industry sectors to the youth of the State in adherence with National Skills Qualifications Framework (“NSQF”) notified by the Government of India
Vide Office Memorandum F.No. 30003/04/2016/NSDA/684 dated 24.04.2018.
b. The objective of the projects under iSTEP initiative
c. Empanelment of Centre of Excellence / Accreditation to courses will be undertaken for providing training and assured placements for the following sectors.
1 Aerospace and Aviation
2 Agriculture
3 Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI).
4 Food production, Food Processing ,Food Craft
5 Healthcare
6 Retail
7 Hydrocarbon
8 Logistics
9 Infrastructure Equipment
10 IT/ITeS 29 Furniture & Fittings
11 Instrumentation Automation Surveillance & Communication
12 Management & Entrepreneurship & Professional
13 Media and Entertainment
14 Sports, Physical Education, Fitness & Leisure
15 Persons With Disability
16 Power
17 Plumbing
18 Mining
19 Textiles
20 Automotive
21 Apparels
22 Beauty & Wellness
23 Capital Goods
24 Chemical & Petrochemical
25 Paints & Coatings
26 Construction
27 Domestic Workers
28 Electronics
29 Furniture & Fittings
30 Gems & Jewelry
31 Green Jobs
32 Handicrafts and Carpet
33 Rubber
34 Iron & Steel
35 Leather
36 Life Science
37 Telecom
38 New & Emerging Sector
d. Training for the non NSQF high-end or advanced courses in any sectors shall be considered only for CoE based on the industrial relevance of the courses and subject to the scrutiny and approval by the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) constituted by KASE-State Skill Development Mission.
KASE-State Skill Development Mission invites Expression of Interest (EoI) from companies/firms who meet the prescribed eligibility criteria for the implementation of any placement linked skill training programmes as part of the iSTEP initiative.
PROJECTS UNDER iSTEP
a. Centres of Excellence (CoE)
b. Accreditation of the Skill Training Courses
Last date and time for Submission of EoI :11/09/2020 at 05.00 PM
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