Skill India Portal: Overview of Centre Accreditation &

Affiliation

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Centre Accreditation & Affiliation

Overview

• Centre Accreditation & Affiliation is a quality assurance process, under which Training
Centres (TCs) are evaluated on defined quantitative and qualitative parameters to
ensure standardization of training aids, infrastructure availability, etc.
• Centre accreditation and Affiliation aims to evaluate the facilities available at the
Training Centres in an objective manner. The process involves a combined mechanism
of self-evaluation and an external evaluation by Inspection Agency to determine if the
prescribed standards are met by the TC.
• The Grading Metrics is related to the infrastructural norms and quality benchmarking
of Training Centres.. These metrics based on a set of practices and concepts as laid
down by the SSCs and NSDC are used to grade a TC.
• Centre Accreditation & Affiliation process through a third party physical inspection
ensures that the TC has met prescribed standards, as determined by the respective
Sector Skill Councils (SSCs).

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Sector Skill Councils(SSC)

• Sector Skill Councils are set up as autonomous industry-led bodies by NSDC. They create
Occupational Standards and Qualification bodies, develop competency framework, conduct
Train the Trainer Programs, conduct skill gap studies and Assess and Certify trainees on the
curriculum aligned to National Occupational Standards.
• Sector Skill Councils (SSCs), play a vital role in bridging the gap between what the industry
demands and what the skilling requirements ought to be.
• The National Occupational Standard is one of the most significant contributions of NSDC to
India's skilling ecosystem - something that was made possible by the SSCs, which are national
partnership organizations that bring together all the stakeholders - industry, labour and the
academia.
• As on date 38 Sector Skill Councils are operational. There are over 600 Corporate
Representatives in the Governing Councils of these SSCs.
Outcome: Sector Skill Councils(SSC)

Placements
The most critical outcome of skill training is employment, whether self or wage employment.
Skill India Portal: Centre Accreditation & Affiliation

Objective
• Skill India portal(Beta Version of SMART) is one stop IT platform for Accreditation and
Affiliation of training centres through a Grading process
• Accreditation and Affiliation covers various Central and State Government Schemes, Private
initiatives, CSR etc.

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Extendable to all Skill W eb based application for TC Mobile App based TC One Stop platform Online repository for
Development Schemes A ccreditation/Affiliation Inspection & Continuous f or SSC Affiliation T C/TP details at Pan India
Monitoring

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Sta keholders E- Payments of Third Party Physical Sta ndardization of training T ransparent Grading
Da shboards & MIS A ccreditation & Inspection of each TC i nfrastructure & equipment of TCs
A f filiation fee ba sed on CAAF a cross all SSCs
Skill India Portal
Accreditation & Affiliation: Process Flow
STAGE-1
TP Desktop TC CAAF
TP Registration TC Creation
Assessment Submission

INR 10,000 INR 3,000 Post receiving

“Letter of
Registration”
STAGE-2
(LoR), if TC wants
to add job roles,
TC CAAF Desktop will apply for re-
Inspection Report inspection with
Physical Inspection TC Physical Assessment
generated by CAAF edit
QC Inspection
Inspection Agency
INR 10,000 + 1,000 per
recommended job role Letter of
Registration

INR 8,000
Accreditation by Continuous Accreditation SSDM will recommend & approve TCs
SSC Monitoring Certificate with “Letter of Registration”
Post recommendation, TC
INR 6,000 pays requisite fees and
proceeds for inspection for
Affiliation with fee payment recommended Job role(s)
only

Inspections to be conducted by inspection agencies Desktop Assessment to be conducted by

empanelled third party Inspection Agencies

Fees Training Provider Registration Stage-2 Stage-1

Turn Around Time(TAT) for
Centre Accreditation & Affiliation

TP Desktop Assessment 4 Days

TP Desktop Assessment by the Inspection Agency

TC Desktop Assessment
TC Desktop Assessment by the Inspection Agency and issue 4 Days
of Letter of Registration in case TC is Deemed Ready

Physical Inspection
Inspection agency to complete the Inspection and QC 15 Days
marking of the Inspection report

SSC Approval For Accreditation

SSC to review the Inspection report prepared by Inspection 7 Days
Agency

SSC Approval For Affiliation

Process automated. This will happen automatically once TC 0 Days
makes affiliation fees payment

Total Time 30 Days

Skill India Portal
Features
➢ Single portal interface across multiple Sector Skill
Councils (SSCs) and Schemes
➢ IT enabled paperless system for accreditation and
affiliation of Training Centers
➢ Transparent and Time bound delivery of
accreditation & affiliation services
➢ SSC guided standardized specifications
➢ Web based application for TC
Accreditation/Affiliation
➢ Mobile App based TC Centre Accreditation
Application Form (CAAF) Inspection & Continuous
Monitoring
Services
➢ One Stop platform for SSC Affiliation
➢ Online repository for TC/TP details at
Pan India level
➢ Stakeholder Dashboards & MIS
➢ E-Payment of Accreditation&
Affiliation fees
➢ Physical Inspection of TC based on
CAAF & Standardization of training
infrastructure and equipment for all
NSQF aligned Job roles across all SSCs
➢ Transparent Grading of TCs
LOR-Sample
Scheme Recommendation-Sample
The recommendation letter is an official document provided by the SSDM/state/central
government schemes to the TP/TC allowing the TC to work with the SSDM for PMKVY CSSM
component or any other state or central government scheme. The letter could be a work
order, target allocation letter or any other such document. The Format for the letter is at the
discretion of the Recommending authority.
TOT Certificate-Sample

Training of Trainer Certificate is provided by Sector Skill Councils for different Job roles. TOT is
one of the criteria for getting accreditation.
APPEAL

In case of grievances against the inspection report , the TC has the option to appeal
against the inspection report on Skill India Portal. The TC can appeal within 7 calendar
days of receiving the inspection report.

• State Appellate Committee would look into the

Stage 1: State Level
Appellate Committee
appeal of the TC and evaluate it as per the
guidelines.
• In cases of non accreditation by the SSC, cases
would be dealt by Accreditation Committee at
NSDC

• In cases of non accreditation by the SSC and if

TC is not satisfied with the decision of the
Stage 2: Accreditation State level Appellate Committee, TC can
Committee appeal on Skill India portal.
• The TC can appeal within 7 calendar days of
receiving the decision of SSC/ State level
Appellate Committee
Continuous Monitoring
Continuous monitoring of TC would be conducted to get an accurate insight of the
infrastructure, and other details which were furnished at the time of inspection by Training
Centres and basis which the accreditation was accorded to Centre. This process also intends to
impact the grading of a Centre, therefore Training Centres are encouraged to maintain
consistency.

Tracking and
Monitoring - Accurate insight into the
Accredited/
infrastructure, and other
Conditionally furnished details by TCs
Accredited
Centres

SAR (Self-audit
Continuous Report) -
collection of
Monitoring report various data
(SAR) points received
from the TC

Continuous
Monitoring of Monitoring through Mobile
the TC will be App & Surprise Visits
done by NSDC
Accreditation & Affiliation Certificate-Sample
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