1. VOCATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
GADCHIROLI DISTRICT
VOCATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

2. GADCHIROLI

3. Background of the Initiative
Intense LWE activities.
Lowest HDI in the State.
90% population, mainly Tribal, dependent on Agriculture and Forest.
Absence of any industry.
Lack of opportunity and exposure.
Without opportunity for employment, the tribal would have taken the path or forced to join Naxalism which is prevalent in the district and around the district.

4. Priorities and Purpose
To provide industry specific and qualitative vocational training to rural, marginalised youth, especially children belonging to the family of LWE ultras, violence affected families.
To impart knowledge, Skills and Attitude, which makes them confident, gives them a new social identity within family, village and community.
Improve the image of administration and garner public support, in a district which is battling LWE insurgency for last 35 years.

5. Career Guidance & Counseling Centre (CGCC)
Objectives :
To assess, counsel and provide career guidance to students to enable them to make proper career decisions
To increase engagement with students and hence increase mobilization
To strengthen relationships with local industries to increase candidate registrations and accordingly provide manpower to these industries
To provide effective placement service to candidates and industries and track students post-placement
Process :
Mobilization & Orientation
Assessment
Counseling
Training
Placement/ Post placement migration support

6. CGCC Process in Pictures
Mobilization & Orientation
Training
Assessment
Counseling

7. VOCATIONAL SKILL TRAINING PROGRAM
As per MOU minimum 80% placement and with bio-metric attendance of students has been made mandatory. Six month retention of the recruit made mandatory.
PAYMENT TERMS
40% at beginning
20% at end of training
25% first job placement.
15% after six month retention.
PROGRAM
KNOWLEDGE PARTNER
Hospitality(Rs13230)
Taj Group of Hotels
Construction(Rs9990/-)
Larsen & Toubro
Automotive(Rs10440/-)
Tata Motors
Training
Food & Beverage
Formwork
Motor Mechanic
Housekeeping
Bar-bending
Period
3 Months
Education
8th Pass
4th Pass
5th Pass
Age
18-30 Yrs

8. Additional Skills
Soft skills ( communication, inter-personel skills, dressing).
Basic English speaking.
Customer relationship.
Computer ( , webpage etc.)
General Health and safety precautions.

9. LEFT WING EXTREMISM AFFECTED BLOCKS
TEHSIL
TRAINED
PLACED %
1.BHAMRAGAD 99 89
90%
2.AHERI
109 92
84%
3.SIRONCHA 86
87%
4.ETAPALLI 98 79
81%
5.DHANORA
120 96
80%
6.KORCHI 76
78%
7.KURKHEDA 88 72
82%
8.MULCHERA
117
110
94%
9.WADSA 84 80
95%
10.ARMORI 77 73
11.GADCHIROLI
86%
12.CHAMORSHI
211
188
89%
BASIX –HYDERABAD
ILRT- INSTITUTE OF LIVELIHOOD RESEARCH AND TRAINING CONDUCTED THIRD PARTY EVALUATION

10. …….
16 new trade which includes Data entry to Diamond Cutting …plumbing, retail management, garment manufacturing, electrician, Fire and safety, Tally, Gems and jewellery, JCB operator, site supervisor, Security guard( From 1st may 2015)
Maharashtra government has extended it to five district vide cabinet decision on , and sanctioned Rs 5.26 Crore .
Maharashtra government has extended this to all 36 district from

11. IMPACT
This program has helped in building citizen’s confidence in administration and improved governments image in a tribal and extremist hit district of Gadchiroli.
The thousand plus tribal youth employed are now motivating other villagers who were earlier reluctant to move out of the house.
Long term social impact
…..reduced LWE activity.
Peaceful Elections (no casualty and no repoll) in 2014 vis a vis Election 2009, when we had 58 casualties and 22 repoll
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