๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ-๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ.
While businesses move rapidly toward ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐, ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ-๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ, much of our skilling ecosystem remains tied to ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ and slow frameworks. The impact is already visible: companies are hiring, youth are graduatingโyet ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ and productivity takes months to stabilize.
The reason is simple. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.
By 2030, most roles will require ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐ญ๐๐๐ก ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ-๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. However, much of todayโs training still emphasizes rigid job definitions, theory-heavy instruction, and skills relevant to yesterdayโs economy. The result is a workforce that is ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐โ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐-๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ.
The real challenge isnโt predicting future skills perfectly. Itโs ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐.
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๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐-๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ, be embedded into business operations, and allow people to ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง, ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ . This is where work-integrated learning and apprenticeship-based models become essentialโnot as schemes, but as strategic workforce tools that prepare people to ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ.
Indiaโs demographic advantage will not automatically become a competitive one. Only ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐-๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ - built through ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ, ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ โcan make that happen. The future of skills isnโt about predicting every job. Itโs about ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐.