Lucknow. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Uttar Pradesh government is continuously taking concrete steps towards preparing the youth for employment, self-employment and entrepreneurship instead of limiting them to only bookish knowledge. In this sequence, the state has achieved the important achievement of fulfilling the five standards of skill development set under the vocational education of the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in the country to include all these standards in its skill training program.
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Under this initiative of Yogi government, school students are now being given training in technical skills, soft skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital skills along with financial awareness and entrepreneurship development. The all-round skill development of students has got a new boost with the inclusion of two new modules in the scheme 'Project Praveen' of Uttar Pradesh Skill Development Mission (UPSDM). Launched on the initiative of Mission Director Pulkit Khare, these modules aim to make students aware of economic understanding, financial management and self-employment opportunities from an early age.
In the National Education Policy 2020, special emphasis has been laid on linking vocational education with school education and providing practical skills to students from the very beginning. The five major standards set for this purpose include technical skills training, soft skills training, AI and digital skills training, financial skills and entrepreneurship development. Uttar Pradesh has taken an important step towards making school education employable by making all these standards a part of the training program through Project Praveen.
Five Skills Standards, Integrated Training Model
Till now, under Project Praveen, students were being given minimum 180 hours of technical skills training, 30 hours of soft skills training and four hours of AI and digital skills training. Now a two-hour financial skills and two-hour entrepreneurship development module has also been added to it.
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Through the Financial Skills module, students are being given basic information about savings, financial management and financial decision making. At the same time, entrepreneurship development training will help them to develop initial understanding of self-employment, business prospects and starting an enterprise.
Target of training two lakh students of 515 schools
According to Mission Director Pulkit Khare, in the financial year 2026-27, Uttar Pradesh Skill Development Mission has set a target of providing skill development training to about two lakh students of 515 schools of the state under Project Praveen. It also includes government secondary schools along with aided schools, Atal Residential Schools, Sarvodaya Vidyalaya and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya.
Under the scheme, students from class 9 to 12 are being given training in employable skills along with regular studies. Its objective is to reduce the gap between education and employment and to prepare students for future needs.
Strong foundation of employment and self-reliance from school itself
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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's government is working on a strategy to link education with employment and self-reliance. Project Praveen is an important example of this thinking. Through this, practical training is being provided to the students according to their interest, ability and employment possibilities during school life itself.
Integrating the five skill standards will not only give students technical proficiency and digital understanding, but will also prepare them to become financially savvy and set up their own enterprises in the future. This initiative is important in developing the youth of the state as job-seeking candidates as well as employment-creating entrepreneurs.