📋 Tender Overview
Project Status: Proposed
The project aims to strengthen industry-aligned and flexible skills education and training system in assam through the establishment of a skill university by (i) developing university management and operating systems, business models, and faculty development and management systems developed; (ii) developing environmentally sustainable and climate resilient university campus and facilities; (iii) designing and delivering industry-aligned skills education and training programs; (iv) strengthening engagement in industry-relevant applied research and development (r&d); and (v) enhancing international and regional cooperation in skills education and training.
Assam is situated in a strategic position in the northeastern region of india which lies at the center of various regional cooperation programs. The economy of assam is the largest in the region, contributing to 61% of the regions gross domestic product (gdp) in the fiscal year (fy) 2017. Despite its abundant natural resources and higher proportion of young population (under 40 years of age) than the rest of india, assam has yet to unleash the growth potential. In fy2017, the states gdp accounted for less than 1. 7% of the national gdp and its share in national exports registered around 0. 1%. Being landlocked and largely rural, and with underdeveloped infrastructure, assams economy is dominated by low value added, natural resource-based products and is poorly integrated with regional and global value chains. Its manufacturing sectors are undiversified and small in terms of outputs and capital investment. Studies conducted by adb indicate that aggressive infrastructure and industrial development, specifically, corridor-based industrial development, is necessary for assam to grow the economy. Yet limited availability of skilled workforce has been identified as one of constraints to effective implementation of this strategy. Fewer prospects for socioeconomic development have propelled out-migration for jobs and education, leading to shortages of skills for manufacturing and services in the state. The incidence of poverty in assam remains higher than the national average, which has worsened amid the novel coronavirus disease (covid-19) pandemic. In 2018, 82% of the population aged 15 years and above completed education up to grade 10 and below (including no education), while 13% attained grades 11-12, and only 5%, higher education. Technical and vocational education and training (tvet) and higher education in assam is undersupplied, as suggested by the number of industrial training institutes (itis) per million population (1 in assam as opposed to the national average of 11 in 2018-2019), the number of colleges per 100,000 population aged 18-23 (15 as opposed to the national average of 28), and the gross enrollment ratio in higher education for the population aged 18-23 (18. 7% as opposed to the national average of 26. 3%; 18. 3% for female and 19. 1% for male as oppose
