ROLE OF SKILL EDUCATION OF FUTURE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN INDIA

Abstract

India is the second largest population of the world. Unemployment is a serious problem of our country which slows down the  conomic growth of the country. But more than 50% of our population of are below the age of 25. Therefore, India has immense opportunities to establish as a vibrant economy by utilising this young energetic youth. Although majority of this work force are unskilled or semi-skilled and there is shortage of adequate skilled manpower to meet the needs and demand of the economy. Therefore, there is a need to proper training of this young people to ensure the global competition and Government of India has also taken initiative to introduce
skill education in conventional learning system from school level to higher education level. This paper is based on conceptual study and secondary data. This paper reviews the current position of education, need of skill education and role of skill education in economic development and unemployment problem.