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Dear Reader,

 

Wish you a Happy World Youth Skills Day. Let’s reaffirm our pledge to equip the youth of our country with the right skills and access to promising opportunities. This year, the theme is ‘Transforming Youth Skills for the Future’.

 

Further to our story in the last edition, we continue to deep dive into the compelling tale of 22 women electricians, trained at one of our centers. We present to you the extraordinary story in their own words

 

Other than this, this month’s issue brings to you an array of reports ranging from the booming gig economy in India to two global reports on the world of work and skilling trends. The ‘Voices from the Ground’ section features one of our teammates who traveled to three districts of Maharashtra for a unique pilot program that aims to improve the communication skills of the youth through the use of artificial intelligence enabled software.

 

In the Spotlight

Where there is a skill, there is a way!

 

Vadgaon, a village near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, experienced a social ripple effect when a small group of girls broke the bias and got trained as electricians at Pratham's multiskilling centre in Khultabad and influenced other girls in their village to follow suit. This World Youth Skills Day, we celebrate the success of this 'village of female electricians' and commemorate their journey of empowerment by acquiring employable skills.

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Reports

India's Booming Gig and Platform Economy

 

This report by NITI Aayog undertakes a study to estimate the size of the workforce engaged in gig and platform economy, examine their distinctive characteristics and highlights both challenges and opportunities of this burgeoning sector. It also presents a set of comprehensive recommendations for platform business as well as for the Government in order to promote job opportunities as well as protect the interest of the workers. 

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Global Skills Report 2022

 

This report by Coursera presents data from more than 100 million people who have used Coursera to learn new skills. The report concentrates on three important skill areas: business, technology, and data science and shows regional and country-specific skill trends. 

 
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ILO Monitor on the World of Work

 

Recently, ILO released the 9th edition of ILO Monitor on the World of Work report which presents key labor force trends globally. The report highlights the unequal labor market recovery owing to COVID-19 pandemic and other crisis that have been aggravated by Russia-Ukraine war.

 
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Voices from the Ground

Youth's Readiness to Digital Learning

 

Pratham in collaboration with Amira, an EdTech Company is working on a unique pilot program in Aurangabad, Ahmednagar and Latur districts of Maharashtra, where the goal is to improve English communication skills using Artificial Intelligence software. 

 

"Just because families have devices and connectivity doesn’t automatically mean learning is happening effectively.” One of our team members shares her experience on the field, as she spends days quietly observing and actively facilitating this program. 

 

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In the News

 

 Collaboration between NSDC, Auxilo Finserve 

NSDC, Auxilo Finserve have partnered to support funding for skilling and vocational courses. Aim to create portfolio of INR 1,000 crore over next three years. 

 
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Skill India and MoHUA launch project NIPUN

The project aims to train more than one lakh construction workers through fresh skilling and upskilling programs and provide opportunities in foreign countries.  

 
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Delhi Govt to map skill needs of jail inmates

Under the program, the govt school teachers will study the education qualification and potential skills of nearly 20,000 inmates currently lodged in Tihar Jail

 
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