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Dear Reader, We hope you had a good festive season. In this edition of our newsletter, we present to you different pieces covering themes like labor discrimination, gender gap in the workforce, and the effectiveness of employment schemes during COVID. The Global Gender Gap Report highlights how different countries across the world are faring and their challenges. The report published by Azim Premji breaks down the features and challenges of the MGNREGA Scheme during COVID. Pratham Skilling Team suggests the steps that can be taken by schools and educational institutions to make the School to Work (STW) transition smoother for the youth in an article published by World Economic Forum. We had our National Review at Aurangabad, Maharashtra in the second week of November. Program Teams and State Teams from across the country met to discuss different themes like student and staff retention, donor management and fundraising, and data to mention a few. |
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Annual Review 2022 In the second week of November, Pratham Skilling held its annual review in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The review saw the coming together of Program and State teams from all across the country to assess the year gone by, also to look ahead and forge a strong path for the future. The sessions on myriad themes spread across 5 days left all of us enthused and stimulated, to implement our takeaways. |
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How can India prepare its youth for the future of work? Here's what's needed now Only 5% of the workforce in India are recognized as formally skilled. Factors like information asymmetry, lack of access to training, and the lack of dignity associated with different forms of work make the school to work transition challenging for youth. With the NEP recommending ideas for smoother school to work transition, the Pratham Skilling Team suggests enhancing opportunities for career awareness, providing experiential learning, and allowing credit transferability from formal to informal sources of training to make the transition smoother. |
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| | Global Gender Gap Report The 16th edition of Global Gender Gap Report released by World Economic Forum (WEF) benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity within 146 countries globally across four key dimensions, with a special focus on gender gaps in the workforce as an emerging crisis. | | |
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| | Employment Guarantee during COVID-19 The report by Azim Premji University presents survey findings from Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. It provides empirical evidence on the impact of MGNREGA during the COVID-19 pandemic and reports that the wages earned under it helped compensating 20%-80% of the income loss during lockdown. | | |
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Young Voices : Experience of our PILOT PILOT which stands for Pratham's Inspiring Leaders of Tomorrow, is our flagship internship program that provides opportunities for students who are in their final year of study to different experiences and learning on and off the ground. One such young PILOT, Amruta Veer shares her experience about her introductory field visit to our Chembur center as she interacts with students and trainers from diverse background |
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| | NCW launches Digital Shakti 4.0 in collaboration with Meta & CyberPeace Foundation, a pan-India project on digitally empowering and skilling women and girls in the cyberspace to stand up against a illegal activity. | | |
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| | Microsoft expands Cyber Shiksha program It aims to build a strong pool of diverse cybersecurity talent by training 45,000 women and youth and providing job opportunities for 10,000 youth in the next three years. | | |
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| | 10 Drone Hubs to be launched in India by NSDC and Drone Destination. We would need three lakh drone pilots within the span of next 5 years. It aims to make the youth employable with drone technology training. | | |
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