ISAS Insights

This paper highlights some of the key issues that the Indian Ministry of Skills Development and Entrepreneurship is grappling with in the country, and outlines how the ministry is trying to address them. Though there are no technical definitions, the phrase, Vocational Education and Training, is used to describe the long duration (minimum one year) training programmes while the phrase, skills development, is used to describe the short duration (not exceeding six months) training programmes. This is not drawn from the literature but rather reflects a practice in Indian official discussions.