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Presentation on

Kaushalya Vardhan Kendra(Skill development ) Project of Gujarat

14 June 2013 Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi

Sonal Mishra Commissioner, Employment & Training

Government of Gujarat

What is Kaushalya Vardhan Kendra ?

• An Institute to Impart desired skill training at the door steps of the rural population

• Courses designed on the basis of participatory approach of Kaushalya Sabha in the villages with population of 7,000 in general and 4,900 in tribal areas

Now in villages having population of 2500 to cover all tribal talukas 2

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Purpose and Priorities of KVK Initiative

•Instead of trainees going to the institutes, the institutes go to

the trainees

•Rehabilitate school drop outs, skill & empower the rural youth, adolescent girls and housewives

•Flexible approach to harness the potential of rural youth

• Impart Training of hard and soft skills to meet the demand of regional and local industries

•Promote self-employment and entrepreneurship by multi skilling

•Increase employability through certification

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Highlights of the Initiative

Training Modality

@KVK • Minimum 4 Courses

• Batch size of 20 trainees/course • Employability Skill component in all courses • Basket of 500 Short Term Courses - 40 hrs to 576 hrs

• Nominal Fees of Rs 50/course

• Free for SC/ST/Women/PH & BPL trainees • No upper age limit

• Admission on the basis of School Leaving Certificate

Exception is Provided for those who have no school leaving certificates and admission on the basis of Oral Test

• About 1074 Life Skill courses have been listed • Existing buildings of Schools, Village Panchayats, APMC etc. No new

infrastructure created

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Highlights of the Initiative

• Certification

Gujarat Council of Vocational Training(GCVT)

• Budget

Rs. 16 lakhs /KVK recurring + Rs 20 - 25 lakhs for non-recurring

• Achievement

335 KVKs established

From August 2010 till May 2013, total 8,52,597 youth trained of which 5,11,162 are women (59.95%)

All KVKs have DTH connections for regular lecture arranged through “Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo informatics “ (BISAG)

Kaushalya Vardhan Society (State level) constituted to promote the skill development activities

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Strategies adopted to bring transformation

• Created policy framework – assigned clear cut responsibilities to

stakeholders

• Sensitized Govt. machinery

• Consulted villagers/educational institutes/industry associations

• Location of KVK

• Selection of Courses

• Identification of trainers

• Course duration, timings, soft skill requirement etc.

• Adopted WISH approach

W - Women Oriented Courses I - Industry Specific Courses S- Soft Skill Related Courses H- Hard Core Traditional Courses

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WISH concept

W- Basic Beauty , Paneli I- Mobile Repairing, Anaval

S - Basic Computer, Chhatral H--Basic welding, Delol

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Life Skill Courses

Playing Tabla

Pesticide spraying

Bed Making with rope

Cloth bags making

Roadmap

March 2010

Apr – June 2010

June-July 2010

15th Aug 2010

April-2011

2012

Chintan Shibir at Dhordo village in Kutchh District during 3rd to 7th December 2009(Conceptualizing KVK)

Earmarking of Budget

Kaushalya Sabhas , interaction with stakeholders

Identifying school, rent-free buildings

Inauguration of 150 KVKs

Establishment of additional 150 KVKs

Additional 30 KVKs for Only Tribal and 5 for Special needs

Total 335 KVKs

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Role of key stakeholders

Skill Development Officer-SDO (Principal of mentor ITI)

Coordination with cluster villages, Monthly inspection & evaluation, fund disbursement & skill gap analysis

Coordinator of the respective KVKs (Regular Foreman Instructor)

Kaushalya Samiti at village level

Village & Block Leaders To guide people to avail benifits

Sensitize local youth, assess the local needs, evaluate quality of training & social audit.

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Head of the unit & member secretary of

Kaushalya Samiti - Selection of courses,

training activities, admission, examination

& placement assistance.

Labour & Employment Department Framing Policies & norms, Providing

adequate budget

Commissionerate of Employment &Training

Overall Implementation, Monitoring & Supervision

• NIC developed portal for KVK monitoring

• Principal of attached ITI designated as Skill Development Officer (SDO)

• Created post of Co-ordinator(Foreman Instructor) to Head the KVK

• Kaushalya Sabha in villages for awareness generation regarding benefits of KVK, identification of courses, liaison with Kaushalya Samitis

• Constituted Kaushalya Samitis to ensure proper infrastructure facilities for training, quality of training, awareness campaign, linkage with industry for promoting employment and self-employment

• Regular Meetings of all Co-ordinators at Head Office & RDD office

• Usage of SATCOM for review at Kaushalya Samitis Level

Monitoring Mechanism of KVK

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Number of Trainees Trained (Progressive)

• Percentage of women participants increased from 47% (2010-11) to 60%

(up to May-2013) in 2013-14.

• KVK has given impetus to a new form of training culture among the rural folks specially women

Outcome of the Initiative

116565

364091

807699 852597

55372

209178

482334 511162

0 100000 200000 300000 400000 500000 600000 700000 800000 900000

Year 2010-11 Year 2011-12 Year 2012-13 Year 2013-14 (Up to May-

2013)

Progressive Trainees Trained No. of Women (Progressive)

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Progressive Trainees Trained

13512

42240

76720

97282

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40000

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Year 2010-11

Year 2011-12

Year 2012-13

Year 2013-14 (Up to

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Progressive Trainees Trained – SC

33147

91732

169036

218174

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150000

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250000

Year 2010-11 Year 2011-12 Year 2012-13 Year 2013-14 (Up to May -

2013)

Progressive Trainees Trained – ST

254 720

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2683

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Year 2010-11

Year 2011-12

Year 2012-13

Year 2013-14 (Up to

May - 2013)

Progressive Trainees Trained – PH

6320

17126

29652 37221

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Year 2010-11

Year 2011-12

Year 2012-13

Year 2013-14 (Up to

May - 2013)

Progressive Trainees Trained – BPL

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Trainees Trained - Age Group Wise

54282

178102

374785 396957

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100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

Year 2010-11

Year 2011-12

Year 2012-13

Year 2013-14 (Up to

May-2013)

Progressive Trainees Trained < 20 Years (45%)

61258

172085

379921 399567

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100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

Year 2010-11

Year 2011-12

Year 2012-13

Year 2013-14 (Up to

May-2013)

Progressive Trainees Trained > 20 to 35

Years ( 30 %)

1025

13904

52993 56073

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30000

40000

50000

60000

Year 2010-11 Year 2011-12 Year 2012-13 Year 2013-14 (Up to May-

2013)

Progressive Trainees Trained > 35 Years ( 10 %)

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Popular Trades in KVK

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SR PARTICULAR EXPENDITURE/YEAR

1 Remuneration to Coordinator, Regular GI Grade (Regular Scale)

3,60,000

2 Remuneration to Trainers, Multi-purpose skill assistant

8,47,000

3 Raw material 53,000

4 Electricity, Rent, Administrative Expense, Advertisement & On job visit

4,06,000

Total Recurring Expenditure 16,66,000

5 Machinery and Equipment (Non-Recurring) 26,00,000

Total Non-Recurring Expenditure

26,00,000

Total 42,66,000/-

Estimated Expenditure for One KVK

• Recurring cost per Trainee = Rs. 16,66,000/800 = Rs. 2083 per Trainee. 16

Sustainability

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“Ownership of the project is vested with stakeholders”

• Flexibility and Transparency

• No upper age limit for obtaining the skill

• All KVKs have DTH Connections. So periodic special lectures are

arranged for villagers also through satellite communication

• Facilities and Infrastructure created being used for other departments

training programme

• All KVKs registered as VTPs under SDIS to run MES courses

Replicability

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• KVK initiative has been visited and appreciated by senior dignitaries

of Planning Commission , Ministry of Labour, GOI & from other states

like Karnataka, Maharastra, Goa, Punjab, Assam, U.P. etc.

• This initiative has also been appreciated by CII, FICCI,ASSOCHEM etc.

at various forums in Gujarat.

• After intense review of the scheme , Planning Commission &

Ministry of Labour, GoI has felt that Kaushalya Vardhan Kendra

model implemented by Government of Gujarat appears to be

appropriate for designing PPP architecture for setting up 5000 Skill

Development centres (SDCs) in the country

• Kaushalya Vardhan Kendra(Skill development) Project of Gujarat has

been conferred “PM’s award excellence in public administration” for

year 2011-12

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KVK- Way forward

• KVK now to act as mentor for upper primary shools

• New scheme to initiate vocational training in upper primary school launched on 13th June 2013

• In 1st phase, 500 upper primary school selected not only on the basis of geographical proximity but also on collaboration of stakeholders .

• Optimizing the utilization of exiting school buildings .

• 2 Certificate courses started.

eMPOWER (40 Hrs.) Life Skill Courses ( 20 to 60 Hrs.)

• For eMPOWER course student have option to get Joint certification of Microsoft & GCVT.

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KVK- Way forward

‘Education with skill’ in upper primary school, Nandol,Ta: Dahegam , Dist. Gandhinagar

‘Education with skill’ in upper primary school, Kadod ,Ta: Bardoli , Dist. Surat

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KVK- Way forward

‘Mobile KVK training’ Site: GIFT city, Dist. Gandhinagar

Hon’ble Minister ( Labour & Employment) at ‘Mobile KVK training’ Site: GIFT city, Dist. Gandhinagar

Glimpses

Kaushlaya sabha at Dabhoda (Gandhinagar)

Drama(Bhavai)

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KVK Kholvad (Surat)

Trainer’s Training

Thank You

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