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.
Source: PIB
