PANJIM: The National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO), Goa has
signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Agricultural Skill Council of
India (ASCI) for collaboration in the various areas of capacity building
programmes by bridging gaps and upgrading skills of local workers in the field
of aquaculture and fishery sciences.
ASCI, is sector skill council on agriculture and allied
sector functioning under the aegis of National Skill Development Corporation
(NSDC), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of
India.
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The MoU is signed on June 21 for duration of five years.
“ASCI is supported by leading Industry players in India with
an aim to create an eco-system for quality vocational education in Agriculture
and allied sectors in order to meet the
entire value chain’s requirements of trained manpower (in both quantity and
quality terms) across all levels on a sustained and evolving basis,” the press
note release says.
As per the MOU the
programmes will be held as per the National Skill Qualification Framework
(NSQF). “There will be assessment of trainees trained under the different
short-term skill based training programmess of CSIR-NIO,” it added.
The MoU also mention that both the institutions will jointly
develop skill development centres for training and capacity building across
various segments of fisheries sectors and conduct skill gap analysis for the
entire fishery segment in the country or the state as deemed essential.
“CSIR-NIO would support ASCI in the development of national
occupational standards, qualification packs, curriculum and course content for
various segments of fisheries in terms of the technical knowhow, validations
and other necessities as per their requirements,” it adds.
