 New
Delhi: The capability assessment programme for potential
employees in the BPO industry, 'Nasscom assessment of
competence', will be introduced pan India from November
this year.
Nasscom
expects over a lakh aspirants to undergo this assessment
in the first year of its introduction.
In
the first phase the assessments will be introduced in
eight states — Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chandigarh, Maharashtra,
West Bengal, Kerala, Bihar and Sikkim — from next
month.
Despite
the shortage of qualified talent only 25 per cent of technical
graduates and 10-15 per cent of college students are found
suitable for the ITeS and BPO industry.
It
is estimated that by 2010, India could have a possible
manpower shortfall of 5 lakh people by 2010. Of this,
the BPO gap would be around 3.5 lakh.
The
assessment tests will be conducted on line to measure
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