SCALE App

In News

  • The SCALE (Skill Certification Assessment for Leather Employees) app was launched recently.

About the App

  • Developed by the Leather Sector Skill Council.
    • The Leather Sector Skill Council (LSSC) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to meet the demand for skilled workforce in the leather industry in India.
    • LSSC was set up in 2012 as one of the key sector skill councils approved by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
  • The App will provide a one-stop solution for the skilling, learning, assessment, and employment needs of the leather industry.
  • It will allow people from all age groups interested in leather craft to access online live streamed classes from the state-of-the-art studio at its office.

Significance

  • This will boost the efforts to strengthen the leather skilling ecosystem.
  • It will help inch closer to fulfilling our Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of making ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ the ‘Skill Capital of the World’.

Source: PIB

 

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