1. Boosting Skillsets: Increasing the
Employability of the Youth
Submitted By:
Vanita Jain
Rutika Chhajer
Swathi Vijaykumar
Jyoti Kothari
Nipun Pandya
September 5, 2013
2. Unemployment: The Problem
• Workforce available in large number
• Unemployed youth
• Lack of Talent Available for the Companies
96%
80%
75%
68%
10%
Percentage Of
workforce receiving
training skills
81%
71%
49% 48%
42%
29%
Percentage of
employers having
difficulty in filling jobs
(2012)
795.5
487.6
153.6
117.4
China India United
states
Indonesia
Labour Force
(in million)
3. Unemployment as per
Age Group
The graph depicts that the most unemployed
population class of India lies between the age
group of 15-29.(2003-08)
11%
Working
Poor
12%
Working
Non Poor
28%
Students
25%
Not
Actively
seeking
Jobs
4%
unemploy
ed
The Most Vulnerable
The most vulnerable section of
the ppl are not actively seeking
& unemployed. The current
Govt. policies focus majorly on
these areas only.
Major Causes:
• Huge workforce but no
infrastructure to mange them
• No sync between education
and industry
• Burden on main stream courses
due to lack of awareness of
lucrative opportunities.
Unemployment: Causes and Analysis
4. Employment Exchange Model – Bridging the Gap
To get awareness
about the skills
required at least 5-7
yrs. down the line
Inculcating skills
syncing with the
industry
expectations
Will provide trainers
and der
expectations
Employment centers
will act as coordinator
and also provide
vocational training to
those who are already
pass outs or dropouts
Relevance : To focus on
early inculcating of
employability skills rather
than at later stages as it is
easy to mold person right
from the beginning . Also
what a person learns over a
period of time cannot be
inculcated in few months
5. Elements and their task
Employability cells at school
• Parents counselling
• 5 years future expectations and trends of
industry.
• EQ, IQ, GK involved in curriculum.
• Common test which will include
– Psychometric test
– Interest test
– Aptitude test
• Personality development sessions
• School teachers and trainers from
employment exchange department would
be responsible .
• Certified school teacher mandatory hired
for this very purpose and a training guide
from employment exchange centre.
6. Elements and their task
Employability cells at college
• Practical exposure through mandatory
training at organisation at a very low
stipend and keeping efficiency
measurement test at organisation for the
purpose of pre results placements which is
mandatory to be done by organisation and
a full report of the same must be sent to
employment exchange department as well
as employability cells at college so that
they can understand and develop the
candidates failing in that areas.
• Vocational training centres- providing
training to both literates as well as
illiterates.
• Skill set training at institute.
• Certified College staff , a industry
representative ,chosen by employment
exchange centre and employability cell
,and a trainer from employment exchange
department would be held responsible for
the same.
7. Elements and their task
Industry
• To contribute in the meetings at employment exchange
centres and employability cells at college and schools.
• To give the five year need requirements as per industry.
• To assign a special staff for the purpose of hiring and
reporting to employment exchange departments and
employability cells as well.
• To develop a programme and test for the trainees and a
basic criterion for the purpose of selection of
candidates for training.
• To make a representative who would be a trainer in
case of certified trainer from a specific industry and
make him compliable towards passing the certification.
• Mandatory pre result hiring from college based upon
the efficiency test results the parameters can be
decided on the basis of 5 years prediction of the
industry and approved by the employment exchange
department head.
8. Elements and their task
Employment exchange departments
Responsibilities:
• To conduct regular interval meetings with all the members and
upgrade the cells with changes.
• To certify the school and college staff through a test.
• To certify as well as hire trainers for every employment cells at
school or college in nation wide and to regulate their activities.
• To develop a common curriculum of activities to be conducted
by the staff as well as trainers.
• To develop a syllabus.
• To design a web portal connecting all the elements with each
other and therefore keeping the transparency in system.
• To mandate web connectivity at every college and school
including rural areas with a good speed
Financials:
The project would need finance for web connectivity at rural places
= Rs.700 per connection per school and college.
The project would need finance from government, corporate and
society.
9. Impact
• Increase in Percentage of Workforce with
relevant skill sets
• Systematic and Structured Communication
Channel between Schools, Colleges and
Employment Exchange Centre to synchronize
the skill impartment and skill gap
• Reduction on burden on ITI’s
10. Appendix
•Youth Employment and Unemployment in India-
S. Mahendra Dev and M. Venkatanarayana
•Knowledge paper on skill development in India
Learner first- Ernest & Young
•Youth employment and unemployment: an
Indian perspective-Arup Mitra and Sher Verick
•Skill gaps and employability higher education in
India-Jeemol Unni
•Lack of Employable Talent in Today’s
Indian Graduates - TOI
