Harnessing the Power of Technology

Aakash Sethi

Quest Alliance Snapshot

Founded in 2005

Research, Innovation & Advocacy in QUality Education & Skills Training = QUEST

Enabling individuals to build self-learning pathways

Responsible & effective use of educational technology

Worked in over 7 States with Govt. programs

Teacher told me…

The Problem

• Negative school experience• High attrition rate of facilitators• No real world exposure• Market looking for trainable talent

Blended Learning – The Bhaiya Model

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“The definition of blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns:

1. at least in part through online learning, with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace

2. at least in part in a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home

3. and the modalities along each student’s learning path within a course or subject are connected to provide an integrated learning experience.”

Blended Learning Definition

Leveraging Digital Learning makes an impact to workforce enablement programs across four primary levers.

Blended Learning Impact Levers

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Scalability• Improved beneficiary access to learning at a time

and place that is better for them• Greater student-teacher ratio possible without

reduction in personal attention

Cost Efficiency• More robust program management and metric

tracking capability• Learning compression – same learning, less time

Efficacy• Improved learning and retention• Builds learning communities among instructors and

students• Encourages self-learning• Improves digital literacy

Applicability• Faster roll out of content updates keeps content

relevant to the marketplace• Platform and content more consistent• Content can be customized automatically for

individual needs

Impact of Blended Learning

Our Focus

• To enable vocational delivery systems with knowledge and tools to make youth employable

• Provide over 200 hours of digital learning content on English, Life-Skills, Career Guidance & Customer Interaction for youth

• Provide on demand learning for trainers & professional development opportunities

YouthMap Aspirations &

Build Skills

TrainerTraining & Up

gradation

Central Database &

Tracking

AlumniProfiling & Up-

skilling

IndustryAwareness &

Involvement

The Quest Way: Enabling Youth Employability

Youth• Self expression through arts, games & stories• English for everyday life• Technology based learning

Guidance • Understanding Interest & abilities• Workplace visits, videos & guest lectures• Profiling role models

Confidence

• Career Information• Career PlanningPlanning

Trainer• Understanding Content• Delivery of ContentTrain

• On demand access to self learning materials• Building a community of practice• Professional DevelopmentSupport

• Access to student performance data• Analysis of data through Quest Learning

Management systemManage

Alumni

• Regular updates through SMS• Continuous learningConnect

• Success stories in the communityProfile

• Counselling helpline• Peer to peer networks enabledSupport

Industry• Share Job scenarios through films• Guest lectures & field visits• DialoguesAwareness

• Pool of professionals to validate curriculum• Focus on Job ReadinessInvolvement

• Access to Youth Profiles• Online system to screen & shortlist trained candidatesRecruitment

Funders KnowledgeTechnology Outreach

35 NGOs & ITIs across 150 centers in 7 states

Sustainability Approaches

• Youth centered approach to get them to take charge of their lives and career

• Trainers get on-demand support to adopt this method of delivery. Building sustainable leadership

• Technology to be used as an enabler to provide a single window system with a centralized tracking for all stakeholders

• Employers have access to institutes & student profiles for finding the right jobs

• Alumni get a chance to up-skill themselves through technology base learning & peer to peer learning

Blended Learning Resources provided for

Employability & Entrepreneurship

Capacity Building of Trainers & Centers to

create technology enabled learning

environments

Data Tracking, Management &

reporting of student & center performance

Outreach to small and large NGOs & enterprises running

youth employment programs.

Impacting 100,000 Youth in

5years

THANK YOU

aakash@questalliance.net

www.questalliance.net