skill development – student view

Skill Development – Student ViewMy Learning

Skill Training as Concept

• Skill Training as concept is• Unknown• Hardy known• Incorrectly known

• Do not compare skill development with conventional education – chances to back fire

• No awareness or limited awareness of NSDC among students and employers• How skill development helps to learn more?• MSME segment is not aware of NSDC• Not rolled down as part of company HR process

• Employers believe that• Skills Ready + Software Skills = Employment Ready

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How a student searches for job

• When 12 years – fun is over

• 40 % school drop rate by 10th standard

• Hunt Begins. Who does student check?• Acquaintance

• Relatives

• Escapists

• Orbits of influence


What student looks for?• What stages they connect with vocational education today?

• Prospect

• Dropout and want to get back

• Continuation after a break

• What do they look for?• Information

• Credibility

• Social Sanction

• Relevance

• Investment


Understand learner/student needs

• Be aware of their challenges • Trust Deficit

• Why should I come to you to get trained?

• Trust of institution gets transferred – leverage

• Want to see a lot of local heroes

• Corporates prefer local youth

• What people think on jobs “ what they will get after they get skilled” ?

• If you want skilled people, you need to pay more. This is becoming reality• People join and leave in 2 months

• If you want skilled people, Respect for work & Benefits at work in big motivating factor. • BPO companies play to this


Understand learner/student needs

• Will course get outdated?• Thanks to IT courses, students have started to ask this question

• We do not have money to get maximum use of course• We do not have money to pay for internet charges or purchase PC

• Will universities recognize this?• Dream of Indian student is high, a constraint too• Aspiration of TN student is very high and ITI are going empty

• Will there be dignity in my job in eyes of society, after being skilled?• Dignity is more in terms of money and fun• If not, why skills.

• Why rural students are joining?• Money is not more than NREGS


Pointer for Training Providers

• Partners lack scale in hiring (small towns)

• Demonstrate that inputs are perceived as long term benefits• would prevent locking in long term

• We over skill people• Do not overskill people dramatically

• Teach relevant skills

• You do not need to learn everything on Day 1

• Certification with right agency


Pointer for Training Providers

• Makes things simpler for student• Less documentation• Self Verification• Direct Payment• Certification

• Where to focus?• Focus on transportable skills( basic skills)• Focus on contextual skills (job requires)• Focus on last mile skilling

• Very few players are here

• Manufacturing plays large role in minds of people on hearing skill development or vocational training


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