DTE&T under the administrative control of Skill Development & Technical Education Department, Government of Odisha (the Client) invites sealed proposals from eligible bidders for the “Selection of a Professional Agency for Life Skills and Employability Skills Training in Government ITIs of Odisha”
Introduction
The Directorate of Technical Education and Training (DTE&T), Odisha, operating under the administrative control of Skill Development & Technical Education Department, Government of Odisha, looks after technical education at Technical Institutes/Colleges, Diploma and formal CTS training at ITI level. It also provides Dual System Training, On-the-Job Training, Apprenticeship Training in order to prepare the youth suitable for gainful wage and self-employment.
The goal of the DTE&T is to impart quality skill development training to build a knowledgeable workforce to cater to the demand of the labour market. Additionally, generation of such industry-ready manpower would ensure India’s competitiveness in the global market.
For improving employability of ITI Graduates with soft & communicative skills in addition to good quality domain skills, the Directorate of Technical Education and Training, Odisha is keen to engage Professional Agency to equip trainees of Government ITIs with appropriate ‘Life Skills including Employability Skills’ and simultaneously to carry forward the MVV of ‘The New ITI’. To meet the current industry demand, SD&TE department, Govt. of Odisha has taken an initiative to enhance the life skills including Employability Skills of all trainees of Government ITIs across the State. In this process, a Professional agency shall be engaged by the DTE&T, Odisha in carrying out life skill training based on the industry demand & optimizing the quality of skilling.
For sports talent development and infrastructure in Govt. ITIs the Professional Agency to employ Sports Change Leader to “Make ITI Play” for students’ physical development, Kinesthetic Intelligence (KI), Youth learn teamwork and life skill programme in sports at Govt. ITIs.
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Objective of the Proposal
Employability skills play an important role in one’s career. Professional skills are a person’s skill set and ability to perform a certain type of activity or task. Employability skills are a person’s ability to interact effectively with co-workers and customers. Hard skills are mainly applicable at the work place. Employability skills are applicable both at workplace and outside the workplace. Employability skills complement the hard skills which are occupational requirement of a job. It also complements many other activities even outside the workplace. Presently employability skills are increasingly sought out by employers in addition to standard qualifications. There are instances of professions where employability skills proved to be more important on a long-term basis than occupational skills.
Employability skills refer to behavior, communication, IT Skill, work ethics etc. which makes a person suitable to effectively work in a team. Studies suggest that employability skills are equally important indication of job performance as hard skills. The competency level of the worker increases with the Employability skills and takes him to the next level.
Recognizing this importance of soft skills, the DGT during its 38th Meeting held on 31st May, 2011 recommended introduction of subject “Employability Skills” replacing “Social Studies “in ITI curricula. Government of India accepted the above recommendation and introduced the subject “Employability Skills” in ITI curricula in place of “Social Studies” from the August, 2012session.
The initiative aims at strengthening sports talent development and infrastructure in ITIs, while integrating life-skills programmes and promoting the kinesthetic development of trainees through regular sporting activities. Sports will be leveraged as a medium to cultivate teamwork, leadership, discipline, and resilience, thereby contributing to the development of well-rounded professionals.
Under the “Make ITI Play” initiative, Sports Change Leaders will be engaged by Professional Agency to facilitate structured sports activities, mentor trainees, and foster a culture of active participation and holistic development within ITIs.
Scope of Work
The agency is required to deploy resources in the Govt, ITIs as per the list enclosed in the Annexure-III. The Resources to be deployed are:
- Change Leaders : 105 nos.
- Sports Change Leaders: 30 nos.
This number and place of deployment may change in future, as per the requirement of DTE&T Odisha. The agency is desired to perform the following activities/services during the period of its engagement.
- The selected agency is required to (Specific)
- Review the strengths and weaknesses of the existing NCVT “Employability Skills” Curriculum.
- Recommend inclusions of modules to mitigate the gaps in the existing curriculum to develop an integrated curriculum.
- Keeping the total classroom training as 110 hrs, deliver the revised programme in 1st Year.
- Introduce additional modules approximately 70 hrs in 2nd year programme of 2 years duration trades and suitably design modules for 1 year training trades in last 6 months.
- Students undergoing 1 year ITI programme receive 110 hrs, students undergoing 2 years ITI training received a total of 180 hrs of training.
- Implement the programme simultaneously across all 1st and 2nd year trades.
- Use the existing infrastructure “communications lab”, “e-library”, and “regular/ smart classrooms” and other facilities of the Institute for better delivery.
- Prepare a Program Implementation Plan for approval of DTET for 110 hrs in first year, ensuring the existing topics under ‘Employability Skill’ are covered and suggesting inclusion of additional topics that would meet the requirements of the modern industries.
- The Programme Implementation Plan should also have provision for 70 hrs of Life Skills training in the 2nd Year of a two-year ITI programme and suitably designed last six months of 1 year training programme, with a focus on workplace readiness, project based learning, preparation for interviews, design thinking, sustainability based on the ‘Skilled-in-Odisha’ Mission, Vision and Values for New ITIs.
- The Agency to ensure:
- To increase in enrolment of Girls and PVTG (Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups)
- To decrease in drop out
- To increase in pass percentage
- To increase in placement of trainees
- The selected agency is required to (General)
- Prepare a Program Implementation Plan for approval of DTET based on the prescribed modules in 1st year as mentioned in section 1.3 of the Module (Annexure IV).
- Prepare a Training Schedule for approval by the Principal of the concerned ITIs.
- Develop Training Curriculum on Life skills and Training Pedagogy
- Prepare a panel of qualified personnel with MBA with two years / BBA with five years’ experience in any discipline having proficiency in English or Communications Skills Basic Computer Courses with proficiency in all the Life Skills, Entrepreneurship & Management, Smart Technology Skill Modules / subjects. / Graduates of Sports Hostel or Sports Institutions with minimum two years’ experience.
- Deploy required number of eligible personnel at the selected Government ITIs as ‘Trainers’ in Employability Skill subject.
- Ensure that the Trainers deployed are regularly taking classes in the Employability Skill subject
as per Time Schedule approved / notified by the Principal of the concerned ITIs. - Ensure that the Trainers deployed are productively utilizing the Smart Classrooms, IT Labs and
Communication Labs for improving employability / self-employability of Trainees. - Ensure that the Trainers deployed are maintaining all required training records, evaluating Trainees periodically on the records as per norms of training.
- Ensure that the Trainers thus deployed are assisting Principals and Training Officers in maintaining discipline as applicable for other Trainers at the Institute.
- Monitor performances of all such Trainers deployed with monthly report submitted to the Principal. (k) Ensure that the Trainers deployed in ITIs to teach Employability Skill subject are stationed at ITIs since teaching is a day-to-day activity.
- Ensure that the Trainers are at the disposal of the Principals in the matter of allowing permissible casual leaves not exceeding 15 days per calendar year and headquarter-leaving
permission on Public Holidays. - Develop good quality e-contents for the subject / topics and use those while imparting training by the deployed Trainers at the ITIs. The e-contents developed by National Instructional Media
Institute (NIMI), Chennai under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship,
Government of India in Employability Skill Subject may be utilized in addition to the e-contents to be developed by the Agency. Agency to build in the cost of developing the e-content both for 1st and 2nd year training into the costing and response to the proposal
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- The attendance of the Trainers deployed shall be Biometric based, as applicable for other Instructional staff and trainees.
- If the performance of the Trainer(s) is not satisfactory or the Trainer(s) is availing frequent leaves or the Trainer(s) is engaged in anti-institutional activities as reported by the ITI Principal, the Agency shall immediately review the situation and take corrective action as required, including Performance Development Plan and disengagement from the ITI if required at the interest of Academic progress of the project.
- Performance appraisal and review of the trainers will be the responsibility of the agency Handling of ITI level grievances pertaining to Employability Skill subject, if any.
- Ensure Summative Assessment and Certification of students at the end of the 1st year as well as 2nd year, which shall be over and above the Assessment conducted by NCVT / SCVT.
- Governance mechanism to be introduced at the State level to monitor the performance of the programme on a regular basis.
- Continuous development of the ‘Trainers’ to be prioritized, and the agency would devise processes and mechanism for the same.
Pre-qualification Criteria:
- The Bidder must be a legally registered entity in India
- Certificate of Incorporation/ Registration
- The Bidder must have been in continuous operation in Life Skills and Employability Skills Training in India for at least ten (10) years as on the due date of submission of the bid
- The Bidder must have an average annual turnover of at least INR 50 Crore from Life Skills and Employability Skills Training services during the last three financial years (FY: 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25)
- The Bidder must have prior experience in undertaking Life Skills and Employability Skills Training assignments (Minimum One Project of INR 5.00 Crore project value) under any Central Government/ State Government schemes during the last five (5) financial years
- The Bidder must not have been blacklisted by any Central Government/State Government/PSU in India as on the date of submission of the bid.
Earnest Money Deposit (EMD)
The bidder shall furnish, as part of the Technical Proposal, an Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) amounting to INR 10,00,000/- (Rupees Ten Lakhs only) through online mode only
Mode of Submission: Online
Last Date for Submission: 17 June 2026, 05:00 PM IST
