Question: The two-year Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship 2021-2023 has been started by which ministry?
(a) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
(b) Ministry of Education
(c) Ministry of Science and Technology
(d) Ministry of Culture
Answer – (a)
Related facts
- The Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship(MSDE) Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey chaired a function ‘Transforming skilling through strategic partnerships under SANKALP’ and rolling out of the MGNF and other initiatives today(13 February 2021).
- SANKALP stands for — Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion.
- It is a World Bank loan assisted programme to strengthen the district skill administration and the District Skill Committees (DSCs).
- The two-year academic programme(MGNF) comes with an in-built component of on-ground practical experience with the district administration.
- MSDE has launched MGNF with nine IIMs as academic partners.
- Additionally, MSDE has partnered with Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) to conduct capacity building programmes for District officials from the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Lakshadweep.
- IIT Delhi and IIT Kharagpur have been included as evaluation partners for DSDPs(District Skill Development Plans) awards.
- The fellows under MGNF(Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship) will acquire academic expertise and technical competency in understanding the overall skill ecosystem along with being attached to DSCs and help them manage the skill development planning at district level through the mechanism of formulating District Skill Development Plans (DSDPs).
- With the successful launch of MGNF in the first pilot (MGNF) which had 69 fellows working across 69 districts, the Ministry is now expanding MGNF to all remaining districts in the country.
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