CONTENTS SKILL DEVELOPMENT – GENERAL SCEN ARIO............. .................... 3 ORGANISATIONAL STRUC TURE ............... ....... .................... ......... 5 TRAINING DIVISION .................... ................... .................... .. .. 6 REGULAR MODE OF TRAI NING .................................... ........ 6 SUMMER SKILL SKOOL…………………………………………………………………. 15 QUALITY, RESEARCH & ASSESSMENT DIVISION .......................................................... 18 NSQF AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT DIVISION …………………………………………… 21 COMMUNITY SKILL PARK ............................................................................................... 27 ADVANCED SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE .................................................................. 37 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION............................................................................. 42 PUBLIC RELATIONS AND DOCUMENTATION DIVISION ................................................ 47 HR DIVISION................................................................................................................. 50 FINANCE ....................................................................................................................... 51 SKI LL SECTORS .................... .................... ....................... ........ 61 AGRICULTURE ........ .................... .............................. ........ 60 APPAR EL .................... .................... ... ...................... ......... 63 AUTOMOTIVE ......... .................... .................... ................... 67 BEAUTY AND WELLNESS .................... .................... .......... .. 71 BANKING FINANCIAL SERVICE AND INSURANCE............................. .. 7 2 CHEMICAL AND PETROCH EMICAL ............. .................. ........ 74 CONSTRUCTION ....... .................... .................... ................. 7 5 ELECTRONICS ........ .................... ....... ...................... ......... 77 FOOD PROCESSING .... .................... .................... ............ .. 8 0 GEM AND JEWELLERY .. .................... .................... ........... .. 8 1 HEALTH CARE ........ .................... .................. ...... .............. 83 HOSPITALITY ........ .................... .......... .................... ......... 86 IT- ITES ............................... ................. .................... .. 88 LOGISTICS .......... .................... .................... ........ ............ 90 MEDIA AND ENTERTAINM ENT ................ .................... ...... 92 1 | ANNUAL REPORT 2018 PLUMBING ........... .................... ......... ...................... ......... 94 PRINTING ........... .................... ............. .................... .. 9 7 RETAIL ............. .................... .................. .................... 98 RUBBER ............. .................... ............. .................... ........ 100 ASAP DISTRICT UNITS ................... ................... .................... ... 101 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ................................................................................. 101 KOLLAM ........................................................................................................... 107 ALLAPPUZHA .................................................................................................... 114 KOTTAYAM ........................................................................................................ 120 ERNAKULAM ..................................................................................................... 123 IDUKKI .............................................................................................................. 129 PATHANAMTHITTA ............................................................................................ 132 WAYANAD ......................................................................................................... 134 THRISSUR ......................................................................................................... 138 PALAKKAD ........................................................................................................ 142 MALAPPURAM ................................................................................................... 144 KOZHIKODE ...................................................................................................... 149 KANNUR ............................................................................................................. 154 KASARGODE ...................................................................................................... 158 2 | ANNUAL REPORT 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Goal-based, quality-oriented and sustainable education systems are crucial for achieving developmental targets. Also it has to be relevant and responsive to changes of the world to build a generation that can usher in progress in a dynamic society. Skill development plays a vital role in this endeavor for which academic curricula should have vocational training components too. ASAP in 2018 kept this as the focus to improve the quality of skill education for Kerala’s youth by introducing new age skilling through Advanced Skill Development Centres (ASDCs) and Community Skill Parks (CSPs). The ASAP skill year 2018 recorded an enrollment of 32171 students, with 60.84% of trainees being female candidates. The total number of institutions connected to 121 Skill Development Centres (SDCs) of ASAP in the academic year 2018-19 was 1118, with 109 colleges, 920 Higher Secondary schools and 89 Vocational Higher Secondary Education institutions. Summer Skill Skool (SSS) mode of training has trained 6145 students of the age group 18 to 25 years, during the year. The task at hand for the country is to gainfully utilize the demographic dividend by preparing the young population for of the world of work. Traditional job roles are being redefined and newer ones are being created. Lifelong learning will be critical to assure sustainable employment goals. ASAP’s Community Skill Parks enable this by providing courses suitable to the needs of the community and appropriate for everyone irrespective of their gender and age. Community skilling is an important area of intervention as it will cater to community aspirations and help the community access global markets. Such focused skill development initiatives can add on to regional economic and social growth by providing opportunities for the rural youth. In 2018, November, ASAP launched its prestigious intervention namely Advanced Skill Development Centres (ASDCs) in the domain of skill education in future technologies. ASDCs are established in selected Engineering Colleges and Polytechnic institutions of the State. ASDCs addresses the issue of manpower shortage in future skills by generating skilled professionals from the State’s technical educational institutions. ASDCs will address the present technological disruptions by skilling and upskilling the workforce and will transform the Technical and Vocational Education training system to adapt to Industry 4.0. ‘The Future of Jobs Report 2018’ report of The World Economic forum points out that the skills requirement for the emerging jobs are different from the ones 3 | ANNUAL REPORT 2018 that are going to be outmoded. Strategic and proactive steps are to be taken for skill training both existing and emerging workforce for which training has to be provided to the youth in new-age technologies such as internet of things, cloud computing, data analysis, artificial intelligence, machine learning etc. ASAP’s Foundation module, a hallmark of its skill training modules offer generic skills needed in the world of work. Special version of this module developed in association with the National Institute of Speech and Hearing (NISH) for the speech and hearing impaired students is a first of its kind. ASAP offers National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) accredited skill programmes that gives well-defined career paths to the candidates. NSQF recognizes prior-learning that allow transition from non-organised to organised sector. It provides a link between employability and career paths. To cater to the specific skill needs of the state, ASAP has developed important NSQF Qualifications that can be mainstreamed in higher education. What Kerala needs is a highly skilled workforce for meeting the future demands. The education and training practices should be configured to fit the agile learners. By enabling a skill development ecosystem fit for the future, the nation can carve its own space in the global job market. ASAP’s interventions in the skill development domain are meant to enable state’s youth to adapt to these changes in the area of skill development. 4 | ANNUAL REPORT 2018 ORGANISATION STRUCTURE 5 | ANNUAL REPORT 2018 TRAINING DIVISION Skills that leverage distinctive communication skills are expected to be crucial in the emerging job market. ASAP provides expert and continuous training to students along with their regular academic studies in schools and colleges, to bring the students in line with the current labour market, by equipping them with adequate industry relevant skill sets. ASAP programmes are developed, delivered, assessed and certified with the active participation of the related industries to ensure labour market acceptance of the programmes. Industry tie-ups would determine the quality of skill training. ASAP from its inception have been giving equal importance to mastering soft skills along with vocational training. The