Union Minister of
State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State
(Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances,
Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has institutionalised
the capacity building mechanism for civil servants, who are the pivotal
instruments of governance:
Launching the
“National Standards for Civil Service Training Institutions” at Capacity
Building Commission (CBC) headquarters here, Dr Jitendra Singh said, India
became the first country in the world to come out with a unique model to create
standards for civil service training institutions at national level and
expressed hope that soon India will be a global model in this regard.
Dr Jitendra Singh also
inaugurated the web-portal and approach paper for the National standards, as a
part of the launch event in presence of over 103 participants consisting of 25
Central Training Institutions, 33 State level Administrative Training
Institutions and other civil service training institutions along with capacity
building commission.
The National Standards
for Civil Service Training Institutions (NSCSTI) is developed by CBC to create
a baseline for Central Training Institutes on their current capacity, for elevating
their quality and capacity of training delivery and to harmonise standards for
training. It will also set aspirations for training institutions to strive
towards excellence. The country is having standards and accreditation in higher
education, healthcare and environment, but for the first time it became
applicable for training institutions also.
Referring to Prime
Minister Modi’s address at Kevadia, Gujarat during the 2nd edition of ‘Aarambh’
in October, 2020, wherein Shri Narendra Modi referred to the importance of the
training and its major role in developing the skill-set for achieving new
goals, for adopting new approaches and new ways in the country, Dr Jitendra
Singh said, the Standards will equip Central Training Institutions (CTIs) to
help civil servants tackle emerging challenges of 21st century.