GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

INDIA
Keralas
Additional Skill Acquisition Program
in Post-Basic Education
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Kerala - Best Socio-Economic Profile in India

Kerala

India

93.9%

73

Literacy Rate % (male)

96

81

Literacy Rate % (female)

94

65

12

42

IMR (male)

10

41

IMR (female)

13

42

74.2

66.1

Life Expectancy (male)

76.9

67.7

Life Expectancy (female)

71.5

64.6

Poverty Headcount Ratio% [2011-12] (2004-05)

7.1% (19.6%)

21.9% (37.2%)

Sex ratio (Females per 1000 population) [2011]

1084

943

Total Population

3,34,06,061

121,08,54,977

Total Males

1,60,27,412

62,32,70,258

Total Female

1,73,78,649

58,75,84,719

Decadal Rate of Growth of Population % [2001-2011]

4.9%

17.7%

Urban population as share of total % [2011]

47.7%

31.2%

Literacy Rate % [2011]

Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live births) [2012]

Life Expectancy (in years) [average 2006-10]

INDIA: Keralas Additional Skill Acquisition Program in Post-Basic Education

Keralas Employment Paradox

Universalization of Education
59.9 % of Higher
Secondary & Degree
passouts are
unemployed in Kerala

Only 30.06% is
Kerala female are in
Work Force

Looking for
Government Jobs

Keralas Employment Paradox

Attitudinal
Changes

INDIA: Keralas Additional Skill Acquisition Program in Post-Basic Education

Closing The Employability Gap : Kerala Model

To increase the employability of our youth by imparting required industry skills

SSDP
(State Skill Development Project)

ASEP
(Additional Skill Enhancement Programme)

Curative Dimension
UPGRADE EMPLOYABILITY OF
THOSE IN WORK (ASEP)

ASAP
(Additional Skill Acquisition Programme)

Preventive Dimension
SKILLING THE STUDENTS
OF HSS & UG
Communicative English & Basic
Information Technology

INDIA: Keralas Additional Skill Acquisition Program in Post-Basic Education

ASAP Making post-basic education job-oriented

Foundation

300 600 hours

180 hours for

Communicative
English and Basic IT

120-240 hours for

skill sector chosen
by the student for
specialization.

ASAP
Programme

Internship
150 hours of
Internship

Skill

SUMMER SKILL SKOOL

Target Audience
Statistics

+ 2 Students, Final Year Degree Students

No of Students: 9427

Male : 3988

Female : 5439

INDIA: Keralas Additional Skill Acquisition Program in Post-Basic Education

ASAP Key Features

First Result Based Lending loan in India by ADB

Government designed and owned, but with strong private sector

engagement from the beginning
Forging links between schools, university, and industry
Pro-poor and gender focus / (GEN project)

Courses identified and delivered in partnership with sector skills councils

(SSCs) and industry associations (IAs)
Design and supervision consulting (DSC) firm - mobilized in April 2014.
Survey of 11 sites completed. DPRs for Community skills parks (CSPs) to be
issued by August 2015
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INDIA: Keralas Additional Skill Acquisition Program in Post-Basic Education

ASAP Structure ($100 million)

DLI 1:
Increase in the
employability rate
of ASAP trainees
($10 million)

Output 1:
Market-relevant
vocational training
introduced in postbasic education

DLI 2:
New or updated
industry-accredited
vocational courses

($15 million)

Outcome: Increased employability of ASAP certificate holders

(female and male employability will be tracked separately)

Output 2:

Output 3:

Access to quality
vocational
training
enhanced

Increased awareness
and private sector
participation
facilitated
DLI 4:
Number of students
enrolled in ASAP level
1 courses
($25 million; target
60%+ for females)

DLI 3:
Number of CSPs
established and
SDCs renovated

($30 million)

DLI 5:
Number of private
training providers
engaged ($10 million)

Output 4:
Improved program
management and
M&E

DLI 6:
Number of SDEs
empaneled
($10 million; target
60%+ for females)

INDIA: Keralas Additional Skill Acquisition Program in Post-Basic Education

Highlights of ASAP

Foundation Training @
Parent Institutions
Skill Training at ASAP
Skill Development Centers
These Skill Development
Centers will get
transformed to

Community Skill
Parks in the nearby
future.

Mix and match of TSPs

such as SSC,
International
Organizations ,
Industrial organizations,
Private partners etc.

Continuous &
Comprehensive Evaluation
Process for Skill & British
Council APTIS test for
foundation
Final Assessment &
Certification : Skill
Proficiency Test by the
Industry/Assessment
Agency and certificates by
SSC and Govt of Kerala

Atleast 55% Practical and Compulsory Internship

INDIA: Keralas Additional Skill Acquisition Program in Post-Basic Education

Quality Assurance @ASAP

Regular institutional visits of Programme Managers
Student Feedback in regular intervals
Capturing video clips of sessions as per the video monitoring

system protocols
Assessing the videos and assigning grades by the Quality
Assessors using an evaluation Rubric
Based on the grades re-training for SDEs

Quality Framework
INDIA: Keralas Additional Skill Acquisition Program in Post-Basic Education

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Automated Scheduling

Web based attendance

tracking for students and SDEs

Comprehensive
student data

Technology based staff

Fully automated
Moodle for Life Long
monitoring and evaluation
electronic payment system
Learning
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Growth Trend in ASAP

No of Skill Development Centers &
Institutions
No of SDCs

No of Instituitions

953

Number of Skill Courses

100

91

50
0
437

19

12

26

Number
of Skill
Courses

102

2012-13

33
2013-14

105

2014-15

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Male Female Student Analysis

15000

APL BPL Student Analysis

15000

10000

10000

5000

5000

0
2012-13

2013-14

Male

2014-15

2012-13
APL

Female

2013-14
BPL

SC/ST/OBC Student Analysis

TPS SDE Analysis

10000
8000

6000
4000
2000
0
2012-13
SC

2013-14
ST

OBC

2014-15

2014-15

Youth Aspirations versus Incremental Manpower Demand

ASAP focuses on trades shown in
yellow

Incremental Manpower
Demand

High

Medium

Low

Building Construction

Communication

Banking, financial services,

and insurance

Food Processing

Retail
Travel, Tourism and
Hospitality
Real estate Services

IT & ITes
Healthcare
Engineering Products
Education and Skill
Development

Handlooms and
Handicrafts

Utilities
Transportation and Logistics Media Entertainment
Textiles and Garments

Low

Medium

High

Youth Aspirations
Source: 2013 Kerala Skill-gap study National Skill
Development Corporation

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ACCOUNTING

FEMALE

PLUMBING

ENTERTAIN

BEAUTY

AUTOMOTIVE

LOGISTICS

RETAIL

CONSTRUCT

HOSPITALITY

ELECTRONICS

PRINTING

RUBBER

TELECOM

MEDIA

IT & ITES

BFSI

HEALTH CARE

Sector Gender Wise Enrolment

MALE

ASAP Employee Pattern

Male
Programme
Managers

Skill
Development
Executives

Programme
Executives

ASAP
Coordinators

Female

INDIA: Keralas Additional Skill Acquisition Program in Post-Basic Education

ASAP Women of the Year 2014 !!!!

Ms LEEMA METILDA, ASAP Coordinator

ASAP INCREASED MY
CONFIDENCE AND
GAVE ME AN IDENTITY
Minnu Mathew
kanianchal school

THANK YOU