Skilling for Government

India has 1.2 billion population that’s expected to reach 1.48 billion by 2030. India will be the largest contributor to the global workforce, with working-age population (15-59) likely to swell from 749 million to 962 million over 2010 to 2030. By 2020, the average age in India will be only 29 years, compared with 37 in China and the United States, 45 in Western Europe, and 48 in Japan. A young & dynamic workforce will steer India's economic growth in the next decade.

While the young workforce is an indicator of our country's demographic advantage; corporate world continues to struggle to find skilled talent. According to different industry reports, as much as 40% of vacancies at the entry level don't get filled due to paucity of skilled manpower. Industry sectors across the board are facing shortage of skilled talent.

To bridge this demand - supply gap, Centum Learning is partnering with government department/ agencies under various government schemes to skill people across sectors. It has partnered with the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India under the Swarna Jayanthi Gram Swarozgar Yojgna (SGSY), Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojna (SSRY) and also with the Directorate General of Resettlement with an attempt to increase the employability quotient of the rural poor. This is an endeavor to elevate them above the poverty line by empowering them through various these skill training programmes which will further provide employability.

Centum Learning implements an end- to- end employability solution that includes:

Instances where Centum Learning has offered skilling solutions for the goverment and its agencies

• In order to promote employability of the youth BPL families around Delhi, Centum WorkSkills India has trained and placed candidates under the Skills Training for Employment Promotion amongst Urban Poor (STEP UP). The intervention covered candidates in areas including: Nangloi, Najafgarh, Azadpur and Adarsh Nagar and provided training in the areas of Organized Retail, Customer Services Associates and DTH Technicians
• Centum Learning has partnered with Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of Jharkhand, to offer training programme in Candle Making to adolescent girls in the age group of 14-18 years to make them independent entrepreneurs. The programme falls under the purview of 'SABLA'- an indigenous social development programme aimed at women empowerment. The programme involves conducting training sessions for the adolescent girls across 13 blocks of Giridih district of the naxalite infested area of Jharkhand. The training programme which entails five day training on candle making, marketing, packaging and interfacing with industry, empowers and equips adolescent girls to set up, run and manage small scale businesses independently. Girl students completing the training can set up small scale trading businesses for which they can take small loans from agencies like NABARD and several other micro finance institutions. Centum Learning provides training, certification and necessary market linkages for setting up small scale entrepreneurial ventures, while government provides necessary infrastructure to mobilize girl candidates for enrolling into the training programme.
• Centum WorkSkills India has entered into an arrangement with Employment Generation Marketing Mission (EGMM) to skill the rural unemployed youth of Andhra Pradesh across 22 districts including: Krishna, Khamman, Ranga Reddy, Guntur, Kurnool, Kadappa, Nellore, Warangal, Mehbubnagar, Medak and Nalgonda. Training is provided to the urban youth in following areas: Sales, Organized Retail, DTH and Telecom Tower Maintenance and Fault Repair
• Provide employment opportunities to the victims of family members of Bhopal Gas tragedy
• Leveraging the expertise of retired Armed Forces personnel
• Employability linked training under Swarna Jayanthi Gram Swarozgar Yojna
• Increasing the employability of the Tribal Youth