The championship will be promoted through nearly 21,000 CBSE-affiliated schools across India. Targeted at students studying in standard 6th to 12th across the country, the JuniorSkills Championship 2021 will provide a platform for talented children of India to showcase their skills.
At the same time, it will create a pipeline for the forthcoming WorldSkills Competitions and will connect education with industry-related skills. Further, the championship will also assimilate international standards and assessment norms, build capacity of teachers as per WorldSkills standards, create role models among students and make skills aspirational for youth. The championship will have myriad activities planned over the course of the next two months including skill competitions for schools, career counselling webinars, digital seminars and panel discussions, online boot camps and roundtable conference of academicians and corporates leading to the final national competition to be held in April 2021.
National Skill Development Corporation emphasised that the JuniorSkills Championship will make the children aware of the power of vocational education and its positive impact on career in the long run. The championship will contribute towards making skills truly aspirational for youth.
JuniorSkills Championship 2021 has got support from private partners such as ICICI Bank as an event partner, Qrencia – a technology partner and Pearl Academy, which is to function as an academic skill partner. Other skill partners include the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), Smalt & Beryl, D-Link, the Small Industry Development Bank of India (SIDBI), the Skill Council for Green Jobs (SCGJ), the Delhi School of Photography (DSP), and Holosuit. Jagran Josh and Amar Ujala have also come on board as media partners, and i-Skill Junior as an outreach partner.
The championship has been envisioned in accordance with the latest National Education Policy 2020 wherein the emphasis has been laid upon the integration of vocational courses in schools. CBSE will play an important role in promoting and setting benchmarks for the skill competitions among schools affiliated with it.
The championship will be conducted at four levels – Screening, Qualifying, Semi-Final and Final. Amidst current COVID situation, the first three levels of championship will be organised online, and the finale is proposed to be conducted on-ground in Delhi. The competition levels will further be classified in three groups:
Group Class
Group 1 6th to 8th
Group 2 9th and 10th
Group 3 11th and 12th
The national-level skill championship will be conducted for ten skills:
| # | Skill Category | Group | # | Skill Category | Group |
| 1 | Web Technologies | 2 & 3 | 6 | Mobile Robotics | 2 & 3 |
| 2 | IT Software Solutions for Business | 2 & 3 | 7 | Painting & Decorating | 1, 2 & 3 |
| 3 | Visual Merchandising | 2 & 3 | 8 | Solar Energy | 3 |
| 4 | Graphic Design | 2 & 3 | 9 | Innovative Business Ideas | 2 & 3 |
| 5 | Fashion Technology | 2 & 3 | 10 | Digital Photography | 1, 2 & 3 |
- Students from class 6th to 12th from CBSE affiliated schools can participate.
- School authorities can submit bulk entries in the prescribed format online.
- Last date of registration is February 19, 2021.
- To apply for participation, fill ‘Registration Form’ on https://worldskillsindia.co.in/juniorSkills2021
