Boosting Skill sets:

Increasing the

employability of

youth

Team:

Amit Kumar Upadhyay

Saorabh Kumar Pandey

Alok Singh Pradhan

Rohit Abhishek

Yumnam Ishwarchand

Government Engineering College - Thrissur

This is why we are here!!

Our Solution model

In our research we have tried to figure out a

solution of the un-employability issue from the

existing system itself, thereby making its

implementation more feasible. The focus is mainly

on making minute changes in the existing system.

Revamping the entire system is not possible but

with key policy changes and adequate

implementation we believe the existing problem of

un-employability can be eradicated.

General structure of youth in the

country. Youth

Educated

Professionally educated

Generally educated

Uneducated

Professional degree holders

• Technical –Btech, BE, Barch

• Non technical- law, medicine

General degree holders

• Arts/Humanities- BA

• Commerce –Bcom, BBA

Uneducated (not graduates)

• +2 level

• No formal education

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

tech grads gen grads

employable

unemployable

Source:- NASSCOM

Problem Solution Impact

Outdated syllabus

No experience

Soft skills missing

Job Awareness

Industrial awareness

Experience boost

Improve persona

Better career choices

Revise syllabus

Industry interaction

Training

Awareness classes

Problems

Technical

Industry Experience

missing Outdated Syllabus

Personality

Soft skills

Solutions- Technical (for Educated youth)

Syllabus

Design syllabus as per industry needs.

Update the syllabus regularly.

Syllabus should include provision for

industry specific electives.

Industrial visits and case studies

should integrated.

Practical Approach.

Industry Experience

Industrial training after every

semester.

Introduction of subjects as per

industrial trend.

Frequent Lectures by professionals.

Industries to be made mentors of

Colleges/Departments.

During the last year industries can

ask or specific subjects.

Make Job awareness class once in a

week a must.

Seminars should be given

importance in curriculum.

Personality Solutions

An online certificate course for soft skills. Make soft skills lectures universally accessible.

Inter institute interactions on a massive scale so that the people skills of students improve and

their inhibitions cast off.

Proper training on communication skills from time to time.

Emphasis on seminars by students. Make it an integral part of the syllabus

Students should take seminars for other students not belonging to their own class.

Link schools to colleges wherein the college students act as mentors and take special classes for

school students

This will also make the school kids aware of the career choices available and help them make

smarter choices

This will be the best way to remove public speaking fear and improve communication skills

Non Educated

Provide them vocational skills.

Build world class vocational schools.

provide training at minimum cost.

wage earning skills like plumbing, electrician,

hardware etc.

provide them social security and make them aware

about insurance, banking etc.

Provide basic funding and infrastructure.

Make education as an always open option.

Focus on Primary education

• Primary education should focus more on life skills and language skills.

• Teachers should be adequately trained.

• Frequent interaction between school and college teachers to bridge the gap in the manner in which education is imparted.

• Government should give economic support to family of students from poor economic background so as to develop a healthy learning environment.

• A old adage A stitch i ti e saves i e

Conclusion

• We conclude from our research that present un-

employability issue can be better addressed by

collaboration and cooperation between various

institutes at different levels.

• Modernizing education and focusing on present

needs of industry.

• Introduction of more and more job oriented

courses.

References

• Wikipedia.org

• India 2013- publication by ministry of

information and broadcasting.

• Google.com

• Skill Development in India(various authors)

• Vocational Education and Training System

• Human development Unit, World Bank 2006