Bengaluru: The Swiss and Indian supporting partners of the Swiss Vocational Education and Training Initiative India (SVETII) have announce the launch of the first Swiss methodology training courses for VET professionals in India. As part of the Quality Assurance Project (QAP), the first batch of SVETII apprentice managers, production heads and HR managers will undergo the SVETII manager’s training course at Buhler India Pvt. Ltd in Bangalore.
“With these quality assurance courses, we are laying the foundation for a sustainable implementation of high quality world-class skilling in India,” says Chandra Kumar, Founder, Co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SkillSonics in Bangalore. The core objective of the Quality Assurance Project is to improve the practical, methodological and didactic skills of the trainers and managers involved in vocational training. It is a two-year project that is taking place from September 2015 to August 2017. In the first year the focus is on developing occupational profiles for VET teachers and trainers, and validating course-ware for training modules in accordance with Swiss standards.
SkillSonics and its Swiss partners have designed a series of programmes based on Swiss curricula design methodology to ensure outcomes that are in line with the requirements of the Indian ecosystem and meet international standards. Master trainers from the sector organisation of the Swiss Engineering, Electrical and Metal Industries (Swissmem), the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFI-VET), the Mechatronic School Winterthur (MSW) and the Technical Training Center Winterthur (AZW) as well as from SkillSonics in India ensure an efficient and thorough application. SkillSonics’ customers such as ABB, ACC, ACE Foundation, Ambuja Cement, Bobst, Buhler, Burckhardt Compression, EFD Induction, GMM Pfaudler, Rieter and other companies and institutes are sending their trainers to be trained in India under the Quality Assurance Project.
So far 5000 Youth Trained
SkillSonics, together with its Swiss and Indian partner organisations, offers over a 100 standard and customised training programmes to engineering companies and institutes in the field of mechanical and electrical engineering. The Indian economic and cultural conditions, as well as India’s existing educational and training systems are taken into account. Graduates of the programmes receive a Swissmem diploma, Swissmem certificates and also an Indian national certification. To date, 5000 youth and existing workforce have been trained in India. By evaluating and strengthening trainer performance, the Quality Assurance Project will ensure that the delivery of the SVETII programmes meets international standards and allows further up-scaling and expansion of the SVETII throughout India.
Public-private partnership
The Swiss Vocational Education and Training Initiative India (SVETII) was launched in 2008 as a public-private partnership project on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Indo-Swiss Friendship and Establishment Treaty.
