New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has directed all the affiliated schools to set up ‘Skill Hubs’ under the Skill Hub initiative of the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 3.0 scheme.
The scheme contemplates leveraging the schools’ existing infrastructure after normal hours as ‘Skill Hub’ to focus on the introduction of the skill training programmes in the education ecosystem.
According to the CBSE letter, as the National Education Policy (NEP-2020) entails towards a more holistic and multidisciplinary education to develop all capacities of human beings – intellectual, aesthetic, social, physical, emotional and moral in an integrated manner, independent schools affiliated to CBSE can start Skill Centre /Skill Hub in the school premises on a fee-based model, read the CBSE letter.
“CBSE will support in terms of providing curriculum and soft copies of resource material, organizing training, conducting assessments and certifying the successful trainees. All the independent schools affiliated with CBSE, especially the schools, which are offering Skill subjects in their schools are encouraged to start Skill Hub in their premises and register themselves on the Skill India Portal,” added the board’s letter.
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