Jan Shikshan Sansthans (JSS)

Context

• The Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS), a skill development initiative of the union government for rural areas, has brought high-speed internet to some of the remotest tribal hamlets deep inside the Nilambur jungle.
• The JSS’s technical partner C4S provided support for the long-distance Wi-Fi on 5GHz frequency.
  • Using long-distance Wi-Fi technology, high-speed internet could be provided even up to 100 km without any transmission loss.

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Key Points about JJS

• About JSS: formerly known as Shramik Vidyapeeth, is a unique government scheme which is being implemented through NGOs in the country since 1967. It was renamed JSS in 2000.
• Nodal Ministry: It is being implemented by the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship since July 2018. Earlier it was under the Ministry of Education (erstwhile Ministry of Human Resource Development)
• Objective: to uplift this rural population economically by imparting essential skills training, thereby enabling local trades to grow and creating new opportunities for the natives of the region.
• Implementation: JSS is being implemented through NGOs with 100% grants from the Government of India.
  • Jan Shikshan Sansthans are registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
  • The affairs of Jan Shikshan Sansthan are managed by the respective Board of Management approved by the Government of India.
  • JSSs work at the doorstep of the beneficiaries with minimum infrastructure and resources.
• Mandate of the scheme: to provide vocational training to non-literates, neo-literates, persons with rudimentary levels of education up to 8th as well as school drop-outs up to 12^th in the age group of 15-45 years in rural regions by identifying skills that have a relevant market in that region.
  • Priority groups: women, SC, ST, minorities, and other backward sections of the society.
• Present Status: At present, 233 JSSs in 25 States and 3 Union Territories are functional. The annual coverage of the beneficiaries is around 4 lakhs, out of which 85% are women.

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