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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
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
Year 2010-11
Year 2011-12
Year 2012-13
Year 2013-14 (Up to
May - 2013)
Progressive Trainees Trained – SC
33147
91732
169036
218174
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
Year 2010-11 Year 2011-12 Year 2012-13 Year 2013-14 (Up to May -
2013)
Progressive Trainees Trained – ST
254 720
1502
2683
0 500
1000 1500 2000 2500 3000
Year 2010-11
Year 2011-12
Year 2012-13
Year 2013-14 (Up to
May - 2013)
Progressive Trainees Trained – PH
6320
17126
29652 37221
0 10000 20000 30000 40000
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
0
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
0
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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10000
20000
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
241528 226743
113497
8261
56478 29235 27486
49172
193281
35932
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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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