Competency Based Training (CBT)

It is now a well documented fact that the education we are getting in different institutions is not sufficient to make us productive as per the needs of the industry. The industry wants ready skilled persons rather than to re-train the workforce to suit their operations. We are producing a large number of graduates with good theoretical knowledge but poor practical skills.
The world is increasingly looking towards skills training and more so the Indian Government,whose focus is on setting up Skill Development Centers across the country.  
Competency refers to the group of skills and knowledge which are applied in order to carry out a task or function, in accordance with the requirements imposed by the job. 

In other words, Competency is the ability to transfer and apply skills and knowledge to new situations and environments.

Competency Based Training (CBT), focuses on what is expected of a person in the workplace. Our institutes should provide education and training to make the students perform to the standards prescribed by the industry. In CBT, the training programs are broken down into small modules which are very specific. These modules would develop such competencies, which are easily measurable. At the end of the training, the students are given certificate indicating the competencies acquired. Since the specifications of the competency are defined and measurable, the industry will have a much clearer picture of the candidate, at the time of interview, rather than just know that the candidate is an engineer in a specific discipline. They would also know, for instance, what can the candidate do or perform in the industry for a given situation.