Skill Development of the youths and their Livelihood

It is a 4 credit course at certificate level. The duration of the course is 12 weeks, to be completed within 3 months. Youths can join this course who have passed 10+2 examination. Besides, the course is open for the Life-long learners above the age 19 years.The main objectives of the Course are:To mobilize the capacity of the youths by updating their knowledge and equipping them with some locally relevant need based skills.To generate awareness among the youths across the country on the current fields of employment and livelihood opportunities.To encourage the youths for developing their capacity those who are willing to form some livelihood enterprises and also encourage the youths to become more productive.

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Title of the Sessions

Weeks

1

Introduction to Skill Development

Week-1

2

How skill development is related to empowerment

3

Present status of livelihood opportunities in India

4

Youths and livelihood opportunities

Week-2

5

Skill development and employability

6

Recognition of prior Learning and skill development

7

Understanding NSQF

Week-3

8

Government’s initiatives for skill development courses and training

9

SDGs and Lifelong learning

10

Development and Training Institutes for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

Week-4

11

How to motivate the youths for capacity building?

12

Strategies for capacity building for entrepreneurship of the youths

13

Approaches of Skill development

Week-5

14

How to form Micro-finance for skill development of the youths

15

Life Skills for sustainable livelihood

16

Communication Skill

17

Success story of getting and providing livelihood at National level (SEWA, Ahmadabad)

Week-6

18

Success story of getting and providing livelihood at Regional level (Meira Paibi Movement)

19

Success story of getting and providing livelihood at state level (Success story of Sita Jakhala Dugdha Utpadak Samabai )

20

Education in the digital age

Week-7

21

Computer Literacy-I

22

Computer literacy-II

23

Training and capacity-I ( Adobe Photoshop)

Week-8

24

Training and capacity-II (Adobe Photoshop)

25

Governmental Schemes and programmes for skill development of the youths

26

Nature, Growth and Functions of MSME

Week-9

27

Role of financial Institutions in providing credits and other facilities

28

Packaging and Marketing Issues

29

Legal issues and Productions

30

Challenges and opportunities of skill development in India

Week-10

31

Role of the open universities for mobilising the skills of the youths

32

Basic training on making Ornaments

33

Basic training on making jute

Week-11

34

Basic training on making bamboo production

35

Basic training on repairing mobile

36

Basic training on Electrical appliances

37

Basic training on animal husbandry (pig)

Week-12

38

Basic training on animal husbandry (goat)

39

Basic training on dairy farming

40

Basic training on poultry farming