<h1>Vocational education focus expands integration with general education and scales nationwide skilling missions and apprenticeship engagement.</h1> The government pursues mission-mode expansion of vocational education and skills through integration with general education, the National Skill Development Mission, and centrally coordinated schemes. Key operational features include Short Term Training and Recognition of Prior Learning, district-level Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras, targeted outreach to disadvantaged groups, apprenticeship promotion by industry, and district committees for planning and monitoring to standardise outcomes across the skilling ecosystem.