Delhi Government soon to set up Delhi Skills and Entrepreneurship University : Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi : In a bid to equip youth with market-relevant skills, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced that his government will soon set up the ‘Delhi Skills and Entrepreneurship University’.

Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said similar models in several countries, including Singapore, were studied. “I also went to Finland, Brazil, Germany and Australia to understand their systems of skill education. I found that while in our country we have been talking about skill education, there are two drawbacks: First, skill education has been reduced to diploma courses in some private or government institutions; second, they lack the research component.” He said the new university would tackle these shortcomings.

Addressing a press conference here with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Kejriwal stated, “The main focus of the university will be to provide employment to the maximum number of students. Its performance will be assessed by seeing the level of employment that its students get.”

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Kejriwal informed that the university will initially have an intake of 50,000 students and it will offer programs on different entry levels like Class 10th, 12th, graduation or part-time. The course duration will also vary from six months to two years. Like other universities under Delhi government, the proposed university will also have reservation for students belonging to families registered as voters in Delhi.

“The Chief Minister also stated that the University’s curriculum will be flexible and will evolve according to the changing market requirements. It will collaborate with many foreign universities and in addition, it will tie-up with industry associations and specific companies,” Kejriwal added.

ITIs, polytechnic institutes and World Skill Centres will be merged with this university once its operational. There are 12 government and government-aided institutes of technology and eight private polytechnics cater to around 16,500 students in the city. Similarly, 18 government and 44 private ITIs impart certificate-level training to around 15,000 students in a session.

The new university will be headquartered at Okhla, where the Delhi Institute of Tool Engineering is currently located.

“We hope to table a bill for the same in the upcoming winter session after Lieutenant-Governor’s permission. After passing it in assembly, we are hopeful that it will get started in a year,” Kejriwal said.

Last week, Kejriwal had also announced that a ‘Sports University’ will be set up in the national capital.