Human Capital Formation and skill development

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Class 11
Topic Human Capital and economic growth

Further related topics
Ø  Employment
Ø  Skill Development
Ø  Economic growth

Instructions to Teachers
The teacher should give this article to students as a hand out and children should ask them to read this article for 15 minutes
The teacher could discuss about the relationship between human capital and economic growth

Approximate Time required -90 minutes (2 periods )

Terms to learn – Human Capital , Skill Development , Employment , On the job training , Economic growth

Lesson related worksheet

Q1 What is human Capital
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Q2 What is relationship between human capital and economic growth

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Q3 What are the major sources of human capital
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Q4 How can “on the job training”  help in the growth of human capital ?
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Passage based questions
Q1 Give some examples in which different countries /agencies/world agencies are helping india in skill development
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Q2 What is biggest problem India may be facing
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Q3 Give 2 examples in which Indian workers may provide a great help
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Q4 Why Japan wants to support India for skill development
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Q5 What do you mean by the term “electoral fortunes “
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Q6 What has created major employment problem in India How much do you agree to it
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Q7 What is full form of – NSDC , PMKVY
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Q8 What could be the reasons for the failure of PMKVY
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