National Standards for Civil Service Training Institutions

In news– Union government has launched the National Standards for Civil Service Training Institutions(NSCSTI) at Capacity Building Commission (CBC) headquarters recently.

About NSCSTI-

With the launch of NSCSTI, 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.
It was 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.

NSCTI has three main objectives:

Create a baseline of Central Training Institutions (CTIs): The framework will baseline CTIs in their existing capacities. The NSCTI is based on a maturity model wherein the levels of maturity in processes/procedures at a CTI on a 5-staged rating scale is captured.
Elevate capacities of CTIs: The accreditation framework can be used by a CTI as a planning and guiding tool to elevate its capacity and quality of training delivery.
Standardise training delivery at CTIs: The National Standards will harmonize and standardise civil service training delivery in the country by defining standard processes and procedures of a civil services training institute.

Capacity Building Commission(CBC)-

Constituted on 1 April 2021, by the Government of India, the Capacity Building Commission has been mandated to drive standardisation and harmonisation across the Indian civil services landscape.
Established as an independent body with complete executive and financial autonomy, the Commission comprises of three Members and is supported by an internal Secretariat.
Its Secretariat is headed by an officer in the grade of Joint Secretary to the GoI (designated as the Secretary to the Commission).
Its members are appointed from diverse backgrounds to ensure adequate representation of multiple perspectives such as those of state governments, public sector, private sector, academia etc.

Its functions-

As the custodian of the civil services capacity building ecosystem, the commission is mandated to perform the following functions:

Facilitate preparation of Annual Capacity Building Plans of departments, ministries and agencies.
Make Policy recommendations to DoPT on personnel/ HR and Capacity Building.
Evolve a harmonious de-siloed approach to improve civil service capacity.
Analyze learning/ competency related data from iGOT-Karmayogi, online training platform.
Drive standardization, harmonization and shared understanding of Capacity Building activities.
Create shared learning resources, including internal and external faculty and resource centers.
Exercise functional supervision over all Central Training Institutions.
Undertake audit of Human Resources in Government and outcomes of the Capacity Building efforts.
Organize a global HR Summit to bring best practices of human resource management to the governance in India.
Facilitate preparation of Annual Capacity Building Plans of departments, ministries and agencies.