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OP JINDAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE APARAJITA PROGRAMME

Empowering women!

Miriam J Carter, Director

Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, & Odisha

OPJCC: The Community’s College US Community College Tenets

ACCESS “Democracy’s Colleges”

AFFORDABILITY

LOCALLY RESPONSIVE

MULTIPLE MISSIONS

OP Jindal Community College Pan India learners from 14 years of age irrespective of caste, religion, gender, prior education, SES; Provide transportation services; Village-based & work-site courses; Hostels; Open admissions with counselling

OPJCC is free for BPL & construction skills trainees; 6-month course @ Rs 500/ month; Performance-based monthly stipends up to Rs 1500; Free uniforms & safety equipment, meals and health check-ups, life & accident insurance

OPJCC does industry vetting of curriculum; Programmes aligned with labour market; Comprehensive student services & after-care; Literacy & Numeracy; Flexible hours: courses from 7:30 AM – 8 PM X 6 days/week; OJT; Job Fairs; Collaborations with government and traditional leadership

OPJCC is Vocational/Career Education; Developmental Education Technical Training; Women’s Development ; Continuing Education; Workforce Development (aspiration – Transfer Mission via OP Jindal University Raigarh)

Copyright © 2010 Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.

O P J C C “ A P A R A J I T A ”

APARAJITA, is a signature women’s empowerment programme providing skills training & education in high demand vocational trades focused on strengthening sustainable livelihood creation.

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… village-based construction skills training for women!


OPJCC = Holistic Development

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Life Skills Classes

• Yoga & PE

• Literacy

• Communication

• Personal Health & Hygiene

• Career Development

• Money Management

Workplace Skills

• Basic Computing

• Occupational Safety

• Plant Visits

• Work Quality & Productivity

• Time & Behavior Management

• On-Job-Training

• Trade Math

• Reading Tech Drawings

Value-Added Skills

• Animal Husbandry

• Farming Technologies

• Conservation of Natural Resources

• Small business incubator & training


APARAJITA…

OPJCC Punjipathra Particulars

• Established Aparajita in April 2013 with one batch pilot programme in masonry

• July 2014 now in 3rd batch 4-month vocational training programme Literacy & Numeracy

Health & Nutrition Education

Leadership & Character Development

Self-Help Group Formation

1 month Paid On-Job-Training

Tie-ups with Government Schemes

Certification Exams

Government Issued Training Stipend

After-training support

Counselling

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APARAJITA • Daily 9-5 PM, Monday –

Saturday (minimum 400 total contact hours)

• Rs 1,500 – Rs 3,200 monthly stipend based on 90% attendance and 80% skills competency against curricula outcomes (NOSs)

• Instructor lives on training site in village for 2-3 months with ongoing support from OPJCC

• Bi-monthly progress monitoring and spot testing

• Integrated life skills, workplace skills, and technical skills training

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APARAJITA Recruitment takes approx. 1 month

and includes local leadership and families

Individual counselling is done with baseline literacy and numeracy assessments

Counselling to assess interest in working as skilled tradesperson after training

CONTEXT: CHHATTISGARH

1. Among highest percentage of STs in nation with high illiteracy rates, especially among women

2. Women average 5 years of formal schooling

3. Primary economic activities for women are agriculture, forest based collection, and unskilled labour

4. Experiencing an uptick in women and girl trafficking

5. High Left Wing Extremists activity

6. High child marriage rates

7. Women work as lowest level, unskilled labourers in construction

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Counselling Sessions

Village-based Training


APARAJITA PARTICIPANTS 77% learner retention rate after 40

months training Age range: 16 – 48 years, median 22 Marital status: 50% married Education: average 5 years of formal

schooling Primary livelihood: Agriculture Combined household combined

income pre-training range: Rs2000 - Rs8000/month; Rs3600/month average

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POST-TRAINING Rs 6,540 – Rs 8,000 individual income

range 3 months after training All participants have bank accounts & can

deposit/withdraw money All are semi- to literate in Hindi >60% are working full-time as masons


Gayetri, 22 yrs., finished 9th class

“ I started my career at the age of 18 as a labourer at construction sites to support my family. Aparajita made me believe that women can also become a skilled mason. Thanks to OPJCC, today I am proud to be a trained mason.”

Nabadai, 22 yrs., finished 8th class

“People are appreciating our work. We chose to be masons which is generally not a field for women. Initially it was hard to convince my family that it was prestigious but I am glad I overcame that hurdle and am looking forward to a life with honour and dignity.”

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Key Training Take-Aways

Provide gender sensitization for male trainees

Training agency must keep in contact with families & village leaders

Collaboration with local and state government to leverage training

Identification of local NGOs for added support, especially for SHGs

Medical services, health education, & population stabilization modules empower women

Provide women role models

Mobile training capacity to take training to women in villages

Child care facility or arrangements

Flexibility in training schedule

Properly trained & sensitized instructors

Providing transportation services

After training hand-holding/support

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Key Take-Aways Continued…

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Provide government certification

Safety awareness stressed Literacy & numeracy classes Transportation for OJT Leadership opportunities Public awareness campaign Equality of work and pay Placement support &

counselling Zero tolerance for harassment Stipend – training as a source

of income Frequent exposure to real

work conditions Stress decent & safe work

environment


Challenges…

Address gender role stereotyping & sociocultural conditioning – “What is appropriate work for women?”

Focusing on moderate to high wage/high growth trades for women

Flexible training to accommodate communal agricultural responsibilities & local festivals

Identifying trades with abundant local work opportunities & securing work for skilled pass-outs

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Challenge…

Work Productivity

“Aparajita graduates work slower than their male counterparts, but the quality and consistency of their work is much better.”

Civil Engineer Construction Supervisor

OPJCC Response:

1) Women and men work in mixed groups during on-job-training to increase speed.

2) 20% improvement in work productivity witnessed.

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Aparajita Career Pathways

(a) Unskilled to Semi Skilled to Skilled to

Highly Skilled Artisan (b) Demonstrator to

Instructor (c) Site Supervisor

(d) Self-Employment (e) Contractor

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Provide ample supervision and diverse experiences to build skills & confidence…

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Create opportunities for men & women to work as peers and for women to work under supervision…

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Provide multi-skilling opportunities…

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Public Recognition: Rewarding Dignity of Skilled Labour

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Link with Government schemes to improve visibility and benefits such as free bikes,

tool kits, life insurance, Rs 6,000 – Rs 8,000 training stipends, etc.


Empowering women, strengthening India!

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Aparajita started at OPJCC Patratu with 48 women in masonry and plumbing

2014 scaling up in Punjipathra to include additional trades & trainees

For more information: [email protected]

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