Skills can be developed only by working as apprentice with experienced persons. 92 % of all our working hand sin India are in unorganized sector and have learnt the skills on their own. We need to organize logistics for management of massive apprenticeship program. Please contact me if interested in participating is starting such open ITI all over India. We need 25 Lakh such training centers to produce few crore skilled persons every year as once center can hardly train 10 to 20 persons.

Not only should the skills that are being imparted meet the needs of the industry, it should also help them be healthy and responsible citizens. While developing entrepreneurial skills, information and skills related to avoiding peer pressure, substance abuse, alchohol, and prevention of HIV/AIDS should also be provided.

It's an excellent step. But I hope proper attention might have been taken about starting latest trades & course content. Because the traditional trade's ITIs may not be much of use rather an increase in number of unemployed so called skilled labour.

Its not a matter of numbers alone - while reach is critical the Govt has to ensure that the new ITI's do provide the requisite skill sets the industry demands. The Govt should seriously evaluate and partner with the indutry to make the curriculum in line with latest trends and technologies as well ensure global certifications rather than being confined just to the Indian scenrio.

The model of enhancing vocational skills, which CII has decided to implement for India requires a better assessment. German systems of enhancing the vocational skills have been the universally accepted best models. Based on these EU has adopted the two streams of education namely Da Vinci stream and Einstein stream. But every country has to find its own system to suit its local environments and systems. Considering the more open and democratic society of India, the American model of VoTech schools is worth a consideration.
Indian education system has followed the British model which gives a great importance to award of a paper certificate/degree by a centralized examining body and insists on very well regimented laid down subjects and syllabi. The American system on the other hand allows a far greater freedom in choice of subjects and contents to be followed for any course. Indian Government had launched a big scheme of ITIs many decades ago. These have almost turned out to be mere paper certificate awarding institutions. On the basis of my personal experience as an engineer in the Indian industry, spanning more than five decades without any hesitation I will say with full confidence that by and large the product of our ITIs is very inadequately equipped. CII initiative will be able to change the ground realities is extremely uncertain.
I had on my personal initiative for my own interest made a study of the American Vocational training system of the last hundred years, and feel that if we are serious about taking India forward as an industrially developed society, we will have to develop a more open perception of what is lacking in our present systems and how to improve upon them, rather than repeat the same mistakes over again.