Almost half of India’s population comprises the youth. Imagine the potential of this enormous manpower if properly harnessed. Imagine its contribution to the growth of country’s economic wealth and life standard if this manpower is put on right track with necessary paraphernalia enabling them to be productive. The President is right in suggesting that we should begin the massive programme of skill building among the youth. The occasion, on which he spoke viz. National Education Day, is dedicated to the first Education Minister of independent India. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a rare intellectual, much more clear-headed on issues surrounding freedom struggle. He cherished universalization of education in the country and always projected his vision of Indian youth in the forefront of county’s progress. Elementary education is what the constitution of India recommends and it is further fortified by the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act of 2009. We have more than 34 lakh elementary schools in the country, and the number will increase with passage of time. After all, illiteracy has to be eradicated lock, stock and barrel. Therefore our planners and implementers both have to usher in a new era of modernising education. In order to make education job-oriented which is unavoidable if we men to put an end to unemployment among the youth, it is important that our school going kids are given training in different skills from the very beginning and also provided upgraded skill through recognized institutes. It is a vast and challenging task facing Indian society. The recently launched National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF) to which the President referred, has been considered a major step in expanding vocational education among the youth and especially among the rural youth. It means that a vast infrastructure will have to be put in place if the goals set forth are to be achieved.
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