With high economic growing rates and an evident shortage of skilled workers, the modernisation of formal vocational education and training (VET) in India increasingly came into focus. Skill development has been on top of the agenda of the Indian government for more than a decade, resulting in state policies and related schemes to upgrade and develop a system struggling with quantitative and qualitative issues. This article gives an overview of the main pillars of the Indian VET system and addresses policies and initiatives to restructure and upgrade formal VET in India. Finally, the main challenges as well as potential for a further development of the sector are highlighted from different systemic perspectives.

JEL Codes: I 210, I 280

随着高经济增长率和明显的熟练工人短缺，印度正规职业教育和培训（VET）的现代化日益成为人们关注的焦点。十多年来，技能开发一直是印度政府议程的重中之重，从而导致了国家政策和相关计划来升级和开发一个在数量和质量问题上苦苦挣扎的系统。本文概述了印度职业教育与培训系统的主要支柱，并论述了重组和升级印度正规职业教育与培训的政策和倡议。最后，从不同的系统角度突出了该部门的主要挑战以及进一步发展的潜力。

JEL代码： I 210，I 280