cVET, Soft Skills, and Simulation Technology
for
Skill Development
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Vocational Education
– The challenges with us
Technology Possibilities
-
Our solution to the challenges
Possibilities ‘Applied’
- Deployments
Technology ‘Impact’
- Our Key Field Experiences
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364 M
30 %
people in India live below the poverty line
Work Force participation rate in
India is on the decline
Women
Men
1990
34.8%
85.1%
2010
29%
80.70%
Central statistical office, Govt of India
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Vocational Education – The Challenges with us
Social stigma
Quality
training
inaccessible
Lack of good
equipment
Cost of
courses
Outdated
practices/
technologies
Illiteracy
Lack of
Trainers
Technology Possibilities
- Our solution to the challenges
• Information Technology
• Genesis of cVet (Computerized Vocational Education )
• Plumbing: 3 months
• Jewellery making: a month
• Multi-media
• Genesis of LEE (Life Enrichment Education)
• 2 to 4 Hr of engaging modules
• Haptics
• Simulation environment for hands-on
• Solar Technology
• The MoVE – Mobile classrooms
Haptic Simulators
for Vocational Training
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MoVE unit
Possibilities ‘Applied’
- Deployments
• Over 2,400 graduates since September 2012
• 16 permanent centers
• 2 Mobile Centers (Move)
• 2 states (Kerala and Tamil Nadu)
• 16 facilitators trained with TTT
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Technology ‘Impact’
- Our Key Field Experiences
80%
70%
60%
50%
Completely agree
40%
Somewhat Agree
30%
Not Agree
20%
10%
0%
Interest
Stimulated
Easy
Learning
Process
Motivation Enhanced
to Learn
Learning
No Help
Needed
Sufficient
for Theory
Teaching
Technology ‘Impact’
- Our Key Field Experiences
• 40% of the women declared
that their favourite soft skills
activity is classroom
discussions , followed by
videos.
36%
Comfort to discuss Social Issues
Significant Changes in Comfort to
Discuss Social Issues
• 66% of the respondents
agree that they learn better
using a computer with
another person.
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Technology ‘Impact’
- Our Key Field Experiences
39%
36%
21%
Self-Satisfaction
Self-Worth
27%
24%
21%
20%
Self-Worth
Depression Feelings* Self-Efficacy
Equivalent to
equivalent to others
others
Superior SelfEfficacy
Perceived
feelings of
success
Performance
Confidence
Doubts to get a
job*
-22%
Significant Changes in
Self-Esteem
Significant Changes in
Self-Efficacy
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Absa is a talented bag maker, but it wasn’t until she attended the WE
Project’s Fabric Painting course that Absa recognized her abilities and
gained confidence to earn money from her craft. Absa reports having
earned approximately Rs. 50,000 making and selling her own bags since
taking the course, an achievement she says was only possible after
developing confidence in herself and her abilities, through participating in
the WE Project’s course.
“Before, my life was just about preparing food, and taking care of my
children and my husband. It’s only after joining this painting class that I
got courage. I started a shop with a group of other students that studied
this course, in Adimali. It’s the Life Enrichment Education along with this
course that gave me this [courage].”
As a result of her increased earning capacity, Absa has also expanded her
sense of independence. Before the WE course, she was not comfortable to
travel anywhere (even 2 km away) by herself. Now, she has no issues with
travelling alone.
Thank you !
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