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Skills for Employability and Development in South Asia: A Comparative Analysis

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The South Asia region is blessed with a growing reserve of human capital. Skills development and extension of qualitative education services are therefore vital ingredients for human capital development. This could enable the regional economies to adjust to the changes in working practices, advances in technology, and to the challenges of the globalised world. Most discussions concerning the workforce revolve around employability skills or job readiness skills which ensure them to sustain in the job market. This ultimately feeds into growth and development of a country. In this context, this chapter presents a comprehensive perspective on skills development, training and education for skills oriented employment generation and development in the region. The theoretical findings on the subject are supplemented with the results of a primary survey on India. The survey analysis, discussions, deliberations with thought leaders, industry players and policy experts reinforce that there exists immense developmental potential in South Asia region, India in particular. Therefore, focused initiatives and policies on promoting skills development and equitable education could go a long way in enabling the formation of a thriving skills-based employability-growth ecosystem.

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  1. National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, India

    Aarti Srivastava

  2. Ashoka University, Sonipat, India

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Srivastava, A., Taneja, A. (2021). Skills for Employability and Development in South Asia: A Comparative Analysis. In: Rahman, A., Tiwari, N. (eds) Development, Governance and Gender in South Asia. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5109-0_5

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