63.5% of total ITI pass-outs got employed, says report of Tracer Study of ITI Graduates

Under Skill India Mission, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) delivers skill training through a comprehensive network of skill development centers/institutes under various schemes viz. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Sikhshan Sansthan (JSS), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), to youths across the country. The details of skill development institutes being run by the public and private sectors in the country and the number of youth trained under PMKVY, JSS, NAPS, and ITIs are in the table below:

Amongst the schemes of the MSDE, placements are specifically tracked under PMKVY. Under PMKVY, 24.30 lakh candidates have been employed till September 2022. However, as per the third-party evaluation reports of other said schemes, there is success in terms of placement or enhancement of income of candidates trained. As far as the employment of the JSS scheme beneficiaries is concerned, a third-party evaluation report of the scheme has observed that as an impact of the training program conducted at JSSs, the self and wage employment and the private job has become evident. The usefulness of the scheme would be further self-evident from the fact that the same report has mentioned that 77.05% of the beneficiary trainees have undergone occupational shifts. The final report of the Tracer Study of ITI Graduates (published in January 2018 by the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, GoI) mentions that 63.5% of total ITI pass-outs got employed (wage+ self, out of which 6.7% are self-employed).