DDUGKY Rural Skill Development with DDUGKY The Rural

DDU-GKY Rural Skill Development with DDU-GKY The Rural Context • 66. 8% (281. 7 million) of India’s youth live in rural areas • Rural poverty is compounded by illiteracy, lack of infrastructure and social divisions • Empowering rural youth requires a nuanced and deep understanding of poverty • It also requires sensitive support structures, with credible reach, in Panchayat and villages The DDU-GKY Advantage Unique position in enhancing employability- focus on rural poor youth • Distinctive outreach for targeting, mobilization, counseling, motivating and tracking outcomes • Access to the scale and funding available to Mo. RD • Investment of Rs. 36, 000 per candidate has the ability to produce annual returns of over Rs. 72, 000 – among the best returns on investment in government programmes DDU-GKY, April 2015. Image source: IRDC • 2

DDU-GKY Timeline of Skill Development in Mo. RD 26 June 2010 SGSY → NRLM 15% of NRLM allocation set apart for Special Projects 5% for innovative projects 1 May 2013 15% allocation increased to 25% 16 March 1999 IRDP → SGSY 15% of SGSY allocation set apart for Special Projects 20 September 2013 Guidelines for Aajeevika Skills notified 16 June 2005 Guidelines for placement-linked skilling programmes under SGSY notified. DDU-GKY, April 2015. 25 September 2014 DDU-GKY announced. Antodaya Diwas notified. 11 July 2014 Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) notified 3

DDU-GKY 1. 2. Vision and Features Vision “Transform rural poor youth into an economically independent and globally relevant workforce” Specifies minimum wage of Rs. 6, 000 Targets poor rural youth of ages 15 -35 Post. Placement Tracking for one year Priority to foreign placement, champion employers, captive employers, industrial internships Pioneer in standards-led delivery Retention and career progression support Social inclusion – 50% for SC/STs, 33% for women DDU-GKY, April 2015. First to mandate tablets for every trainee Regional inclusion ROSHNI (27 critical LWE districts); HIMAYAT - J&K Earmarked funding for North-East Pioneer in migration support centres 4

DDU-GKY Relentless Focus on Quality Ø The Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) is designed to achieve: Ø Ø High quality and cost-effective delivery in a time-bound manner. Ø Objective standardized monitoring to strike down arbitrary inspector raj. Quality Features of the DDU-GKY SOP include: Ø Specification of training centre infrastructure Ø Clear and transparent inspection parameters for third party agencies Ø Transparency Minimum norms for service standards Ø Clear parameters and protocols for non-compliance, delay, default and fraud Ø Parameters for candidate mobilization, screening and selection Ø Norms and standards for domain and non-domain curriculum Ø Skill training supported by: Ø Accountability Industry-recognised independent assessment via NCVT and SSC, providing certification integrated into NSQF Ø Work relevance through on-the-job training (OJT) Ø Mandatory soft-skills, English communication, and IT literacy components DDU-GKY, April 2015. 5

DDU-GKY Improved Standards SGSY DDU-GKY, April 2015. DDU-GKY 6

Checklist for Area Officers for Training Centers Sl No 1 2 3 4 5 DDU-GKY, April 2015. Checklist item Status Whether PIA is using SECC data in Yes/No mobilization of poorest of poor for the training courses? Whether Project Implementing Agency (PIA) provides formative assessment in the training courses? Whether Training is undertaken as per defined Session Plan? Whether training lab equipments meet the prescribed standards under NCVT/SSC? Whether Training Center has received observations from SRLM/CTSA for improvement in terms of Standard Operating Procedures? Remarks DDU-GKY

Checklist for Area Officers for DDU-GKY Training Centers Sl No 6 Checklist item Status If answer to sl no 5 is yes, whether the training center has complied with the observations 7 Whether attendance in the center matches with the biometric record? 8 Whether training center has operating CCTV with audio recording facilities? 9 10 Whether candidates have received uniforms? Whether candidates have been assisted in opening Bank accounts? 11 Whether candidates have been assisted in obtaining Aadhar enrolment? DDU-GKY, April 2015. Remarks DDU-GKY

Checklist to assess transition of a State to an Action Plan state- Eligibility Conditions S No. DDU-GKY, April 2015. Conditions DDU-GKY Status 1 Have a full time COO/Programme Manager in charge of skills and placement. Yes/No 2 Have a dedicated skills team at the state level to support COO skills. Yes/No 3 Have a dedicated skills team at the district and sub district level to support COO skills Yes/No 4 Have a policy that is aligned with the national guidelines on how to appraise new and on-going projects. Yes/No 5 Have a policy clarifying how DDU-GKY PIAs can use spare capacity (men and material) in government institutions and buildings Yes/No 9

Transition to Action Plan state S No. (continued) Policy/Strategy List DDU-GKY Status 1 Project Appraisal Policy Yes/No 2 Fund Flow System Yes/No 3 Job Fairs / Melas Yes/No 4 IEC Yes/No DDU-GKY, April 2015. 10

DDU-GKY Thank you DDU-GKY, April 2015. 11