Promoting skills for Social inclusion: Experience and

Perspective

Presented By:

Abhishek Gupta

National Project Manager, AISECT

11.02.2020 PSSCIVE Bhopal

Flow of Presentation

• Exclusion and its Impact• Social Inclusion• AISECT Approach• About AISECT• Challenges of Skill development assisted social inclusion• Good Practices and pioneering innovations by AISECT for Social Inclusion• AISECT Impact• Future Plans

Exclusion and its Impact

Disadvantage is often based on social identity, which may be derived from

Social

PoliticalEconomic

Cultural

Gender AgeLocatio

nReligion Race

Ethnicity

Occupation

Disability

Sexual Orientat

ionother

Type of Exclusion

Impact of Exclusion

Individual

• Dignity, Security, and the Opportunity to lead better life

• loss of wages, poor education, and employment

National

• Forgone gross domestic product (GDP)

• Human Capital Wealth

Few Example:• A recent IMF paper shows that the current gender gap in the labor force costs countries at the bottom half of gender

inequality around 35 percent of GDP. • A 2018 World Bank paper estimates that Africa alone lost $ 2.5 trillion in human capital due to gender inequality and

11.4% of total wealth in 2014.

Social Inclusion ?

A multi-dimensional concept which can be defined in multiple ways

The World Bank Group defines Social Inclusion as:• The process of improving the terms for individuals and groups to take part in society, and• The process of improving the ability, opportunity, and dignity of those disadvantaged on

the basis of their identity to take part in society.

Social Inclusion is not a Place or Practice, It’s a way of thinking.

UN: Sustainable Development Goal 2030

AISECT Initiatives towards SDGs

Sustainable Livelihood

creation through Skill Training and VLE Network

World Class Education in

backward Areas of the

country

Empowering Women through

Education, Entrepreneur

ship

Education, FI, E-Governance,

G2C, Placements

Partnership with

Government, NGO, CBO and Corporation

Social Inclusion: AISECT Approach

Economically Empowermen

t

Gainful Employ

ment

Relevant Skill sets

True objective of social inclusion can only be achieved when “people at risk of poverty and social exclusion gain theopportunities and resources necessary to participate fully in economic, social, political and cultural life and toenjoy a standard of living that is considered normal in the society in which they live. It ensures that they have greaterparticipation in decision making which affects their lives and access to their fundamental rights”- Commission of theEuropean Communities, 2003

Projects & Training

Skill Development

Professional Institutions

Schools

E-Governance & Services

Financial Inclusion and

UID

Assessments

Publications

Organizational ProfileAISECT, a 30+ year old Private Sector Organization, is India’s leading Social Enterprise, having a pan-

India presence, working in the following domains

Social Enterprise

• Established in 1985, an ISO 9001:2008 certified Org.

• Network of over 20,000 multipurpose ICT based skilldevelopment and services delivery Centres

• Presence in 29 States & 3 UTs, Annually trains over 1.5+lakh students in employability oriented skill developmentprograms,

• Partner Organization of NSDC since last six years and 12SSDMs

• Content Development in English, Hindi and Indian Languages.

• Implements Projects in areas of skill development and e-Governance

• Running professional institutions and 5 PrivateUniversities

• Experience of execution of large scale (Mega Skill) trainingprograms like PMKK, DDUGKY, DDUKK etc withResidential facility

Education. Empowerment. Enterprise

Organizational Spread

AISECT works on a Pan-India basis, predominantly in Rural and Semi-Urban Areas, with its Services and Offerings, with Offices and Employees spread over multiple States

Challenges of Skill development assisted social inclusion

Universal programmes without local context

Trainee Retention

Programme sustainability

Widely persistent digital divide

Aspirational challenge

Good Practices and pioneering innovations by AISECT for

Social Inclusion

Working with various Stakeholders in Skills Ecosystem

Working with

Stakeholders

MSDE/ NSDC

Central Ministri

es

SSCs

Apprenticeship

Assessment

Agencies

Industry Partners

SSDMs & departm

ents

District Administ

ration

NGOs & CBOs

AISECT has a vast experience of working with various

stakeholders of the skills ecosystem on many target-

bound projects, thereby developing a thorough

understanding of the Skills Ecosystem

Association with Central Ministries• PMKVY, PMKK, RPL, CSRMinistry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

• DDUGKYMinistry of Rural Development

• DAY-NULMMinistry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation

• SuryaMitraMinistry of New & Renewal Energy

• DGRMinistry of Defense

• Nai Roshni, Seekho Aur Kamao, MANASMinistry of Minority Affairs

• NDLMMinistry of Information Technology

• NEEM, AICTE, RUSA, NSQF in SchoolsMinistry of Human Resource Development

• AICNITI Aayog

• Development Commissioner (Handicraft)Ministry of Textile

• EDCIL, NIOH, NSKFDCMinistry of Social Justice & Empowerment

Experience : Association with all leading programs and schemes

Affiliation with SSCs

AISECT is affiliated with 21 SSCs and developed 100+ Job roles as per NSQF in Hindi, English, Punjabi and other local language

1. Agriculture 2. Green Jobs 3. Retail 4. Telecom 5. Apparel 6. Automotive

7. Management

8. BFSI9. Domestic

worker10. Tourism &

Hospitality11. Security 12. NASSCOM

13. Healthcare14.

Construction15. PWD SSC

16. Capital Goods

17.Beauty & Wellness

18. Life Science

19. Mining SSC20. Media &

Entertainment21. Logistics

Glimpses Of Ongoing Projects: PMKK

Glimpses Of Ongoing Projects

Glimpses Of Ongoing Projects: Center Infrastructure and Training

Glimpses Of Ongoing Projects: Mega Skill Center

Glimpses Of Ongoing Projects: DDUGKY

NSQF based Vocational Training in Govt. Schools of MP

Skill Training Programs for Excluded Groups

Training Programs for Minority Communities

Seekho Aur Kamao

6 states, 15 centres

1000+ Trained, 950 Ongoing

Nai RoshniCapacity building programs

for Minority Women

500 Trained

MANASTraining Minority Youth in

Rural Odisha

150+ Trained

Skill Training Programs for Excluded Groups

Training Programs for Specially-abled School Children and PwD candidates

NSQF in Schools

Seth Anandi Lal Poddar Institute Of Deaf Dumb, Jaipur, Rajasthan

National Institute for Orthopedically Handicapped (NIOH)

Orthopedically specially abled trainees in Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura & Manipur

AISECT-NSDC Kaushal Vikas Yatra

• Started as IT yatra way back in 2002 to aware people about the importance of Computer & IT basededucation

• Recognised by NSDC and renamed as NSDC-AISECT Kaushal Vikas Yatra in 2014• Inspired thousands to take up alternative career options by undertaking vocational and skill education for

employment• Conducted in more than 20 states every year creating aspiration for skill-based education

Snapshots of AISECT Kaushal Championship: 2018 & 2019

Campaign to reward Skilled Students in

multiple Job Roles, Total 7000+ candidates

participated last Year

Candidates from 10 states including MP, CG, Gujarat,

Bihar, Jharkhand, UP, Punjab, Rajasthan

8 Job roles including Assistant Electrician,

Welding assistant, Sewing Machine Operator, DDEO,

FTCP

Competition conducted at Centre, Regional, State

and National Level

Rojgar Melas

• Employment fairs conducted across the country In association withstate governments, NSDC, SSC and local administration

• Creates opportunities in rural and semi-urban areas by bringingemployers to the job-seekers

• Open to all irrespective of involvement in AISECT trainingprogrammes

• Created a healthy interface for both employers and job-seekers• Conducted more than 300+ such fairs over the last decade

States: 10

Locations: 57

RojgarMelas: 72

Employer Participated

: 595

Candidates Registered:

18,795

Selected Candidates:

11,669

FY 2019-20 Status

Contents in Regional languages• In-house content development teams• Industry-relevant contents in various Indian languages based on MES, NSQF framework• On-demand content delivery in Punjabi, Guajarati, Odia, Marathi, Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu language• Skill training contents are approved and validated by NSDC, MoRD and multiple sector Skill Councils

Outcomes achieved by AISECT over the years

AISECT Impact20,000+

Entrepreneurs

Trained 1.9 Million

candidates so far

1.1 Million Job Opportunities

5 AGU in backward

Area

20000+ centreNetwork

1 Crore+ Account Opened

100+ Skill Modules in

Hindi

Vocational Education in

1500+ Schools

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