India, EU join hands for Skill India Mission

Several European stakeholders made their bids and shared views on how to make rural Indian youth more employable and increase their competence, on the second day of EU-India Skill Development Summit in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Speaking on the behalf of Rudoph Strahm, author of "Why They are So Poor: A Work Book for Development and Underdevelopment in the South", Nandini Nagar, a learning specialist in Switzerland, gave her insight into the reasons behind the economic and educational success there. "It's certainly not because of the banks," she said at the event.

"They (banks) constitute only 5.8 per cent of the total GDP of the country. It's the vocational educational system of Switzerland, which allows youth to be well-trained before he hits the job market, which makes the country special," said Nagar, adding 80 per cent of Swiss youth goes to vocational training institutes under its VET (Vocational Education and Training) system, and only 20 per cent opt for universities after schooling.

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