India, May 6 -- To truly empower its youth and close the skills - employability gap, India must urgently address issues of quality assurance, accreditation and equitable access - laying the groundwork for a skilled, future-ready workforce

India's ambitious goal of establishing itself as a global knowledge economy is contingent upon the successful integration of vocational education into its mainstream educational framework. A crucial determinant of this success is the capacity to equip the workforce with job, ready skills through effective vocational training.

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 clearly states the objective of exposing at least 50 per cent of learners to vocational education by 2025. While online learning platforms...