session 4 youth unemployment india presentation
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Employability of Disadvantaged Youth – The Indian Experience
SRIJAN
World Bank-CSOs Conference in East Asia and Pacific Region
Jakarta
June 20, 2008
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Young women and men are the world’s greatest assets One in five people in the world are between 15 and 24 years old. Some
85% of them live in developing countries.
Over the next 30 years, this number will increase by another 1.2 billion, mostly in developing countries
192 million young people are unemployed (2005). A much higher number are underemployed.
Over the next decade, as many as 500 million young people are expected to enter the world’s workforce.
The unemployment rate for young people is 2 to 3 times higher than for adults.
In over a quarter of industrialized countries, young women’s unemployment rate is 20% higher than that for young men.
The informal sector account for up to 93% of all jobs available to young people, wages in the informal sector are 44% lower than the formal economy, and protection and benefits are nonexistent
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Opportunities
Economy growing at 8% per annum Service sector: 40 million jobs by 2020- 11th
Plan Approach Paper
Retail sector: 115,000 jobs by 2020- Retailers Association of India
1.1 million professionals in the ITES- BPO segment by 2008- NASSCOM
Other promising sectors include construction, hospitality, and agribusiness/ food processing
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Challenges for Disadvantaged Youth - The Supply reality
• Youth not prepared for emerging jobs – skills mismatch
• Traditional skills learnt at home not formally recognized
• Outdated curriculum & lack of market orientation in vocational training institutions
• Social Compulsions
• Disadvantaged youth are thought to lack educational or other pre requisites for success in business
• Remote areas and poor infrastructure adds to their disadvantage
• Unaware of most profitable skills they need to acquire and inaccurate information about the type of work available
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Solutions/Experiences of Job Creation
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Supporting Tribal Migrants
Services for Migrants by Ajeevika Bureau
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South Rajasthan: Livelihoods under stress
Alternative employment outside the farm sector in
the region is negligible
South Rajasthan is one of the pockets of heavy out-
migration in India
•Low agriculture outputs: small land holdings, semi-arid conditions and recurring drought
Poor livestock potential: inadequate fodder, water and degraded pastures
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• Registration and Photo ID-s to Migrant Labour
•And Skill Upgradation…
•Communication and Tracking Services
•Financial Services
•Policy Advocacy, Legislative Action, Workers Unionization
Four Services
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Radhabai
Chunnilal
Rijmaram
Meghraj
Hemraj
New Life!
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Impact so far
324 jobs Income: Rs.2000 per month or USD 500
a year;
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Impact so far
324 jobs Income: Rs.2000 per month or USD 500
a year;
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Retailing Household Services
Example:
Home Managers for Cities
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A Mutual Need
Middle Class Need:
A reliable,
Efficient and Professional
“housemaid”
Migrants or
Slum Residents :
Significant
Increase in Incomes
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Selectionincluding Police
Verification
Technical Training
Housekeeping
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Impact: 1000 Home Managers
Gross Salary Rs. 3,000
Deductions: Savings, Repayment of training charges, and contribution to Community Based Organisation
Rs. 570
Net Salary Rs. 2,430 p.m.
or USD 670 per year
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Service Sector Jobs
Example:
ITES Jobs for Non-technical College Youth
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Demand Supply gap
0
0.5
1
1.5
Million Graduates
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Demand facing India if it maintains 46% offshore industry
Supply based on current trends
2
And never the twain shall meet!!
Source: Nasscom McKinsey report
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Genesis – A curriculum for employability
An initiative with degree colleges in Tier 2 towns
to better align the needs of the colleges, faculty and students with the needs of the industry
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• Baseline Skills Assessment
• Curriculum for Language and Analytical Skills
• Lecturers training: 400
Phase 1 – Sowing the seed Phase 2 – Getting the ground ready
Phase 3 – Nurturing the plant Phase 4 – Reaping the fruit
• Principals’ Conclave
• 124 colleges
• Global Skills Training
• Mentoring
• Covering 6000 students
• Recruitment Drives
• 556 students selected from one state alone
Four phased approach
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Accomplishments so far…
124 colleges
387 lecturers
5900 students
28.21% Recruitment conversion (earlier 8 to 9%)
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Lessons Learnt
Cost of training can be as low as $200 Cost can be shared by industry and
government and youth; Tie up with market players critical Post placement support for social
services must for migrant youth Labour protection
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Roles for Actors NGOs:
– Reach out to disadvantaged youth in villages and slums,– Tie up with industry and training institutions to provide skills and
jobs, and – Support them through post placement with continuing education
and basic social services. Private Sector: CSR Plus:
– Skill Training, – Reform Vocational Training Institutions
Government: – Social protection, – Subsidy for training & placement, – Enable reforms of Training & Educational Institutions
Financial Institutions: Loan for Skill Training
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Thank You!