Skilling the Indian population faces a 3E challenge - Education, Employment and Employability. Discuss. Also suggest interventions required to effectively manage this challenge.

1. Education a) Encompassing skilling within the overall education framework b) Quality of skills - as ASER report have highlighted the lack of good quality education c) Availability of skilled teachers and mentors d) Availability of state of art technology e) Existing digital divide in population

2. Employment challenges → Skilling as per need of market → Assuring employment opportunities as per individual's skills Eg: reports from odisha of graduate girls in engineering, working in MGNREGA to earn livelihood

3. Employability challenges → Highlighted in India Skills Report, 2021 a) Only 45.9% of graduates in India are employable b) Gender divide c) Demand - supply mismatch

Interventions required

1. Regular monitoring of schemes to assure employment post skilling
2. Encouraging private sector to invest in skilling the employees

1. Plugging infrastructure gaps through schemes like Atal Tinkering labs

2. Skilling while working eg during MGNREGA works

3. Training the teachers in new technologies eg NISHTHA scheme of Government

4. Timely implementation of National Education policy, 2020 - that stresses on vocational training since class V

5. Revamping the curriculum as per the private sector demand

6. Collaboration with like minded nations