Overview

• Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan outlined the plan at the Dakshinapatha Summit 2025 hosted by IIT Madras in Chennai.
• He said the government is “on the job” to add a skill-based curriculum in Classes 11 and 12.
• The ministry is working to begin skill learning from Class 6, broadening exposure beyond senior secondary grades.
• Skills training, previously optional or selective, would become a formal, credited subject in school education.
• Officials framed the effort as NEP-aligned and still developing, with detailed curricula, notifications and rollout timelines yet to be announced.