Swiss Vocational Education and Training Initiative India
Skills Training in India:
Quality Assurance Project courses started
Bangalore, November 18, 2016 – The Swiss and Indian supporting partners of the Swiss Vocational Education and Training Initiative India (SVETII) are proud to announce the launch of the first Swiss metodology 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 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 & CEO 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 courseware for training modules in accordance with Swiss standards.
SkillSonics and its Swiss partners have designed a series of programs 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 organization of the Swiss Engineering, Electrical and Metal Industries (Swissmem), the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET), 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 have been trained
SkillSonics, together with its Swiss and Indian partner organizations, offers over a 100 standard and customized training programs to engineering companies and institutes in the field of mechanical, electrical 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 programs receive a Swissmem diploma, Swissmem certificates and also an Indian national certification. To date, 5’000 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 programs meets international standards and allows further upscaling 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 60-year anniversary of the Indo-Swiss Friendship and Establishment Treaty. The SkillSonics team implemented the pilot project which was initiated by the Swiss-Indian Chamber of Commerce (SICC) in collaboration with Swissmem, SFIVET and renowned Swiss companies operating in India. In 2011, the Swiss project partners decided to expand the initiative in view of the excellent cooperation and growing interest in the project in India and Switzerland. In 2013, India’s National
Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), became a partner in SkillSonics India Pvt. Ltd. Since 2015, SkillSonics is also an affiliated partner of India’s Capital Goods Sector Council (CGSC).
Further Information
India – SkillSonics India Pvt. Ltd., Chandra Kumar, Founder, Co-Chairman and CEO, Mobile: +91 98450 57778, ck@skillsonics.com
SkillSonics India Pvt. Ltd.
SkillSonics India Pvt. Ltd.
No. 12, 2nd Floor, 17 'A' Main, 5th Block, Koramangala
Bangalore 560 095 - India
Tel +91 80 4115 5272
info@skillsonics.com
Project Partners and Supporters
The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) is the Swiss Federal Government's specialized agency for education, research and innovation policy. It is part of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research. In 2008 the SERI was involved in launching the SVETII together with the project partners and has been co-funding the initiative in the past years.
Swissmem unites the Swiss engineering, electrical and metal industry and associated technology-oriented sectors (MEM). The association represents the concerns of the MEM sector to the government, national and international organizations, and the public. Swissmem offers companies services that help them to be more competitive in the marketplace. This includes supporting Swiss companies abroad to implement VET.
The Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training SFIVET is the Swiss expert organization for vocational education and training. SFIVET trains VET practitioners, provides VET research, and promotes international education and training cooperation.
The Mechatronics School Winterthur MSW is a training organization of the city of Winterthur with an affiliated Vocational School for the technical professions of Polymechanic EFZ, Automation Engineer EFZ and Electronics Specialist EFZ, combined in a mechatronic degree. It provides technical assistance in course development and implementation of training programs on national and international projects.
SkillSonics provides vocational education and training internationally based on the Swiss dual track VET system. The company, based in Bangalore, India and Zurich, Switzerland, offers basic and continued education and training programs for new apprentices and existing personnel. It also trains instructors, teachers and examiners, conducts quality assurance programs and helps companies set up and manage training institutes.