PRAGATI Newsletter January 2019
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
www.nird.org.in NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India No: 284 PRAGATI Newsletter January 2019 Skilling is not teaching: Kaushal Praveen PRAGATI, January 2019 1 NIRDPR Skilling is not teaching: 3 Kaushal Praveen CONTENTS 6 11 16 NIRDPR holds convocation National Colloquium Management development ceremony for 15th batch of Secretaries of Rural programme for IES officers PGDRDM students Development and Panchayati on Financial Inclusion, Raj and Heads of SIRDPRs at Entrepreneurship and Rural NIRDPR Development 7 12 18 National Workshop on Effective CFIE organises training Orientation and assessment Implementation of PESA Act programme on Financing programme on Transforming Small Enterprises for Rural India through Strengthening Development PRIs by Continuous Training and e-Enablement 8 14 19 NIRDPR organises SAMARTHYA NIRDPR hosts 19th annual NIRDPR organises conclave training programme for SAGY conference of the Indian for RSETI directors and nodal functionaries of Phase-II & III GPs Association of Social Science officers from sponsor banks Institutions on Development and Change 10 15 Two-day national workshop- Training programme on ICT cum-training on Preperation of Applications for Management of Village Development Plan under Rural Development Programmes PMAGY and Integration with GPDP PRAGATI, January 2019 2 NIRDPR . COVER STORY Skilling is not teaching: Kaushal Praveen killing is not a new concept in India, as the importance of skilling, and with a migration of rural communities to cities Straditionally before the Christian era, gradual lack of patronage, skilling paled in search of odd jobs and a picture artisans who left behind the hallmarks of into insignificance. of rural India that is largely looking ancient civilisations of the country were deserted. Oliver Goldsmith’s poem of With industrial revolution, the products of impeccable skilling. The 1770, “The Deserted Village” seems to concept of white collar and blue collar golden era of any dynasty or ruler was hold good even three centuries later. workforce came into being. Most blue the time when skilled artisans enjoyed collared workforce worked in assembly That said, with economic the patronage of the royalty. lines in the factory which started giving liberalisation at the turn of the century, a Magnificent temples that dot importance to technical training. The greater alignment with global discourse the country, ancient forts and places, industrial revolution also resulted in and global priorities started to emerge remnants of Indus valley civilisation, in India. New sectors and trades Nalanda University, handlooms and emerged and accordingly the handicrafts, gems and jewellery of Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; demand for skilled workforce in the India that can be seen in museums A breath can make them, as a breath has made; emerging sectors also arose. One of in India and abroad, sculptors, But a bold peasantry, their country’s pride, the outcomes of this alignment is the paintings, martial arts, all of these When once destroyed, can never be supplied. vision called “Skill India”. are footprints of a civilised society - The Deserted Village, Oliver Goldsmith left behind by generations of skilled What is Skill India? workforce from rural India. Skill India is a campaign In ancient India, skill was transferred a further bifurcation of the blue collar launched by Prime Minister Narendra from one generation to another through workforce into skilled, semi-skilled and Modi on 15th July, 2015 which aims to a meticulous process of apprenticeship unskilled workforce. Skilling in post- train over 40 crore people in India in or an accomplished Master. However, colonial India continued to be aligned different skills by 2022. Skill India calls for during and after the British colonisation, with industrial revolution until the mainstreaming skilling, making skilling skilling lost its sheen and along with it, turn of this century. Globalisation and in various sectors an attractive career the secrets of skilling methodology. The economic liberalisation changed the choice, where a globally relevant skilled British education system that aimed at landscape of employment opportunities workforce achieve the same standard creating white collar workers and clerks and workforce in India. This includes of living, social and economic security. to support its administration, sidelined impact on agriculture, large scale Skilling is gaining great importance in PRAGATI, January 2019 3 NIRDPR . COVER STORY Operating Procedures that emphasise on quality of implementation of the programme. The four key pillars of this programme are mobilisation of rural youth, counselling, training and placement. Once a rural youth’s interest in getting skilled in a certain trade is identified through mobilisation and counselling, the critical exercise of skill training begins. Skilling Rural Youth Skilling is different from conventional chalk and talk, teaching and training. Skilling is an art that Training session in progress can be mastered. Skilling rural youth a context where employers lament that dividend of rural India. Great opportunity requires empathy, enabling and college graduates are educated, but not presents itself for about 55 million rural empowering abilities. Bringing about a employable due to lack of requisite skills youth of India who are below the poverty behavioural change, building confidence, that industry is looking for. line to get skilled in any of the 24 identified communication skills and employability sectors and empower themselves. skills in a short span of three months, Why Skill India and Opportunities for demand not only a high level of With a vision to “transform rural poor Rural India? commitment but also mastering the youth into an economically independent As can be inferred from the art of skilling rural youth. A data-driven and globally relevant workforce”, Deen common language of quality to talk about infographic below, a yawning skill gap Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushalya methodology to skill rural youth has been globally and nationally is estimated in Yojana (DDU-GKY), is a flagship missing for some time now and a need for various sectors by the year 2022 due to programme under the Ministry of Rural the same was discussed at NIRDPR by the many factors that include an aging skilled Development with clear guidelines to training partners about 12 months ago. workforce that does not have skilled implement the programme through a As an outcome of this need, “Kaushal successors, lack of thrust on employability public-private partnership, like other skill Praveen” a ToT to train the trainers on skill skills in higher education, for school-level India initiatives. It aims at transforming training methodology was designed by students to opt for vocational education the lives of rural youth of India through DDU-GKY Cell at the Centre for Skills and and return to formal education when skilling and giving a new direction for Jobs. they choose to. This skill deficit can be sustainable livelihood. However, DDU- addressed by reaping the demographic GKY is unique because of the Standard Kaushal Praveen: Skilling the Skill Trainers In order to strengthen the hands of the DDU-GKY trainers, NIRDPR launched “Kaushal Praveen”. It amalgamates industry-oriented skill training methodology with techniques of rural youth skilling. It actively advocates for doing away with a replication of conventional teaching methods adopted in schools and colleges which are more suitable for knowledge-based pursuits. It takes a critical approach towards Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to understand the psyche of rural youth, addresses learning styles, reasons for dropping out from PRAGATI, January 2019 4 NIRDPR . COVER STORY Passive learning class Trainers practising activity-based skilling class DDU-GKY Students in skill training theory class delivered by trainers who have attended NIRDPR’s Kaushal Praveen ToT school and induces a process to transition measuring the quality of training across 4. In continuation to this ToT, our from passive learning to kinaesthetic, the DDU-GKY training centres among trainers have been conducting active learning methods. the country and also to standardise skill many activities for students which improved participation of students. Out of a target of 2000 trainers training methodology. 5. Students seem to be more proactive in 16 States, close to 600 trainers from Impact of Kaushal Praveen as a result of such activities. across 14 States have gone through Within 30-90 days of undergoing 6. Activities and sessions are being Kaushal Praveen in the past 12 months. A pre-planned for betterment of training and beyond, feedback has been community of trainers has been formed quality. received from trainers, quality leads and who are active and stay connected with 7. After this training, students are centre managers of DDU-GKY training one another and with NIRDPR Master scoring good marks in assessments. partners. Some of the feedbacks verbatim Trainers through the telegram app 8. Students’ involvement and received are below: where they share best practices, seek performance in extra-curricular clarifications and find answers. 1. As a takeaway of this training our activities has improved. Trainers have learnt to train the Efforts are now on to collaborate Kaushal Praveen: A data driven students in a pragmatic way. with Germany, the cradle of skilling in approach to measuring DDU-GKY the first world,