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Skills Shortage

A new vocational educational model to bridge the gap

ManthanTopic: Building Skillsets

Team Details

Please note that this a sample presentation to guide the participants to

report. Manthan Team takes no responsibility for the data presented


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India churns out 3 million graduates every year however employability o

these graduates is a major concern

Employability of technical graduates Disconcerting characteristics of Indian em

A. Unemployment increases with education

Illiterates have the lowest unemployme

educated graduates have highest rates

Hypothesis: Mainstream education in In

of sync of job market requirements

B. Unemployment peaks in the most produc

19-35 years:

Unemployment level in Kerala one of thstates has around 35% unemployment

Hypothesis: Productive youth are unab

employment opportunities they seek

C. Urban unemployment higher than rural u

Rural unemployment at 7% is lower tha

unemployment at 14%

Hypothesis: Lack of specialized skills of Source: National Employability report, National Sample Survey, UGC report, Media reports

17.50%

2.68%

9.22%

36.57%40.69%

IT Services IT Product Knowledge

Process

Outsourcing

Hardware

Networking

Business

Process

Outsourcing

Around 75% of technical graduates and 85%

of general graduates are unemployable

Around 90% do not have the requisite

English proficiency


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Building skills through a large network of volunteers manag

centrally is an innovative way to address the skill gap

Snapshot of solution proposed

Volunteer

driven skills

training

Implementation

model

Advantage over

existing system

Extremely low cost and fungible skills training institutes Volunteers drawn from various service professions, retired executives

students

Incorporating requirements of actual employers with government cor

Volunteers to impart skills training on holiday and weekends

Region wise skill mapping of volunteers to skills gap identified facilita

management team backed by technological and organizational enabl Curriculum design, placement support, credit support integral part of

Utilizes the skills freely available in society as opposed to institutiona

Industrial training Institutes which have outdated curriculum and no

industry and are facing staff shortages

Large impact (5 mn educated) with very low cost (INR 5 cr per year)


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We will build a network of volunteers drawn among

professionals, retired executives and graduate students

Network of volunteers

Professionals Retired / Defence services Grad

Rationale for

choosing the

group

Have specific skills needed in the

job market

Can impart relevant training

through work experience

Free during weekends

Long and distinguished work

experience

Opportunity to work in

voluntary engagements

Ample spare time

Easy to

contact

Opportu

resume

training

Number More than 50 million IT and other

services professionals

More than 20 million retired

executives

Around

graduat

Potential skills

imparted

English proficiency

IT and computer training

Paramedical skills

Retail and hospitality training

Manufacturing skills training

Cooking, culinary skills

Small entrepreneurial ventures

Industrial operations,

fabrication, apparels

English proficiency

Computer training

English

Comput

training

Web an

program


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Volunteers will be recruited through online and offline

channels after assessing the area wise skills gap

Building the volunteer army

Recruitment Management & Mapping Imple

Direct recruitment from central/ state

government offices

Direct recruitment by reaching out to

NGOs/ Voluntary organizations

Reaching out to colleges and alumniassociations

Online registration

Mobile based registration

Recruitment of volunteers

0.5 Million+ volunteers across

the country to be recruited

We will understand the requirement

at block level for both urban and

rural areas

Survey of industries/ services per

district and per block and potentialrequirement of skills identified

Direct interaction with service

providers/ manufacturers and

potential trainees in the area

Complete district wise and block

wise skills and volunteer

requirement identified

Need of skills assessment

Large sc

offline c

the volu

drive

Both tramedia w

spread t

Posters/

up in hig

areas lik

complex

Awaren


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The volunteer network will be managed by a central

management team supported by state of the art infrastructu

Managing the volunteer army

Recruitment Management & Mapping Imple

Central

managementsystem

District

offices

NGOs

Online

Recruitment of volunteers

Central system to map

volunteers with districts

and areas backed by IT

infrastructure

School

Govt

building

Education

camps

Volunteer

homes

Training at district level

Teaching prefer

of volunteers to

time of registra

Volunteers to b

home zones ba

skills training in

Arrangement o

school, governm

be mapped by t

management sy

government em

database

Salien


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Key elements of the implementation plan are designed to

make it scalable and sustainable

Implementing the plan

Recruitment Management & Mapping Impl

Medium of instruction: English

Training Period: 3 months to 1 year

only on weekends based on the

training module

Venue : Local government schoolsor offices

Computerized vocational training

through internet and Video

conference

Online content: Video recordings of

courses to be uploaded on internet

Training delivery model CurriculumCorporate supp

Susta

Curriculum design: Inputs to be

taken from main clients of the

program viz corporates and

SMEs

Generic modules like numeracy,literacy, communication skills,

basic computer skills

Formal education curriculum to

be incorporated to enable

students to acquire diplomas,

certificates

Corporate supp

will be forthcom

graduates being

Eg. Reliance t

workers out obuild Jamnag

could have b

Recruitment of

teachers from a

passed out grad

model be self d


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We will have a organization team at central and regional lev

consisting of around 80 FTEs

Chief Controller

Outreach/

Media team

Co-ordination

TeamFinance Team

Curriculum

team

Organizational setup for the initiative

Reports to Director of V

Manages and responsib

Corporate

support, Media

strategy . FTE: 3

Recruitment

Team

Mapping of

trainees &

volunteers. FTE: 3

Recruitment of

volunteers through

all channels. FTE: 6

Funds

management.

FTE: 2

Curriculum desig

and co-ordinatio

FTE: 12

Central Management Team

City ControllerCity Controller RRegional Controller

One Regional controller for each of 100 regional and district centres identified for imparting of voc

will be supported by a venue volunteer, co-ordination volunteer, Trainee groups and local N

Regional organization


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The vocational training model will require around INR 5 cr o

funding from government and corporate bodies annually

TotalFunding

Required

Organization cost

Regional: (50 FTEs @ 5 lakh pa)

Chief Controller (1FTE x 8 lakh pa)

Central Teams: (30 FTEs x 4.6 lakh avg pa)

Logistics cost

Transportation cost

Establishment cost

Technology cost

IT Hardware cost

IT Software cost

Communication expense

IN

per

IN

lak

an

IN

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The volunteer driven training is envisaged as a 50:50 funding partnership between the Government and private bodies who ar

propose to raise additional 20% from philanthropists and through nominal training cost charged from ind


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The program will be able to impact 5 million people every ye

through a network of 0.5 million volunteers

Volunteer Network

0.5 Mn volunteers to be

recruited through the outreach

drive

0.3 Mn Professionals

0.1 Mn Retired Executives

0.1 Mn Students

Trainees 5 Mn to be trained yearly across 100

districts / cities

Programs will be for a month,

quarter, half-year and annual

Skills imparted

Computer literacy English proficiency

Basic manufacturing skills training:

machine tools, CNCs, Apparel

manufacturing and fabrication

Web and mobile programming

Retail and Hospitality

Basic accounting skills

Place

Placement s

students by

utilize their s

Industry inte

traineeships

Integration

Diplomas/ C

awarded

Formal educ

gain admissi

diploma cou

Impact and Reach Additional h


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The volunteer driven model of vocational training faces key

concept and implementation risks

Challenges and Risks

Concept Risks

Government or corporates do not see the viability of funding

this model

Unemployed youth do not see the value of vocational

education and prefer formal programs

Volunteer enrollment minimal and key profession groups

show no interest

Implementation challenges

Difficulty in integrating with government infrastructure and

institutions

Placement of students will be a big challenge

Curriculum design and fit to industry needs a massive effort

Funding from other sourcesvia training fees

Tighter integration with for

Advertising/ Awareness Cam

Mitigation factors

Tie-ups with other vendors and offline registration/ int

Tie-ups with placement age

Tie-ups with industries for i

Bringing in industry leaders

and training inputs


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Appendix

References

Unsettled Settlers: Migrant Workers and Industrial Capitalism in Calcutta Wilfred Malenbaum, Urban Unemployment in India Published by: Pacific Affairs, U

British Columbia

17 Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for Micro and small enterprises

Towards a Knowledge Society, National Knowledge Commission India, 2008

Report of the Special group on targeting 10 million opportunities per year, Plannin

India 2002

Report of the Task Force on employment opportunities, Planning Commission Ind 2001

Skill Development in India, Vocational Education and Training System , Human

Development Unit, World Bank 2006

Entrepreneurship in India, National Knowledge Commission 2008

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