Government will use the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) database as a tool to verify academic qualification of jobseekers registered with National Career Service (NCS).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inaugural session of 46th Indian Labour Conference launched a career counselling portal NCS, a move aimed at modernising all government-run employment exchanges and providing an online platform to jobseekers and employers.
According to a Labour Ministry press release stating way forward for the NCS project, the government has planned “integration (of portal) with CBSE database for verification of candidate academic performance”.
It is also planned to integrate NCS with PAN/TAN database for authentication of employers.
Under the NCS project, Labour Ministry is transforming the National Employment Service comprising a network of 978 employment exchanges into NCS by leveraging information technology to improve the delivery of services, the release said.
The previous system required job seekers to physically visit the exchanges for registration, verify their records and wait for opportunities to come. Similarly, the employers had to visit employment exchanges for posting job vacancies and obtaining a list of eligible candidates.
The NCS also makes available a rich repository of career content on over 3,000 occupations across 53 sectors. The services under NCS are available online and can be accessed directly, through career centres and common service centres, as also by using online mediums.
The NCS portal will also organise job fairs where both employers and job seekers can interact. A dedicated helpdesk (multi-lingual) is also available from Tuesday to Sunday on 1800-425-1514 for assisting users.
The government has also approved setting up of 37 Model Career Centres that will be functional this year.
The NCS is also establishing a network of career counsellors where the career centres will become the hub of career counselling in their area.
The NCS also offers a variety of other services like information on skill development courses, apprenticeship, internship, career counselling, etc.
All registrations on NCS will be Aadhaar linked, with national portability. It already has a database of 2 crore jobseekers who are registered with state employment exchanges. They can activate their accounts using Aadhaar.
