Skill Training

Skill training interventions are now common in the country.  CSR funds flow around.  Targets given by the government /Corporates are met somehow.   Plenty of money flows into the projects.   Ultimately is the beneficiary getting any results?  This is a big question unanswered.

Youth are picked up from rural folds, trained on skills the Implementing Agency or NGO  makes good revenue and what they are comfortable with.  The training is not done based on the candidate’s ability. This  practice prevails.  Once the training is completed the Project Implementation Agency  tries to help the candidates getting placed in some companies in the city.  He or she  might get placed and gets a salary but has to look out for own  food and accommodation.  This is actually a transformation from a rural life to a urban life.  He  or she may not be able to sustain for a longer period with a small income after paying his rent and other expenses for his routine.    They are monitored for a period of three months.  Later if there is an attrition nobody bothers.  Why are these candidates not able to sustain their jobs?  No researches and no action on the same.  Hiring may also be done on a contract which might end in six months or a year.  After that they are back to the pavilion.

Differently Abled Youth are also brought in and trained.  There are lot of Corporate Visitors who come and spend time with them.  Lot of sympathy is poured to them in different forms.  Ultimately when it comes to placement no one wants to take a risk of hiring a Visually Impaired, or hearing Impaired person.  However, the person may be competent it doesn’t matter.  Ninety days training, this differently abled or normal candidate who is brought from rural areas are expected to work with Multinationals.  It becomes embarrassing for the candidate as well as their parents.  Suppose they join the job, are they accepted by  their colleagues and peers ?  Who Cares?  Is there any one to address this?

On commencement of the training Government or CSR Groups  check the data,  not the reality.  NGO’s claim to place about 60 percent of Differently abled or 80 percentage of normal candidates.  What about the remaining 40 percentage of differently abled or 20 percentage of the reaming crowd.  They are sent back home.  They were given an expectation which never bloomed.  The confidence level of the candidate or the parents are lost forever.   The community mobiliser works on targets.  Due to stringent targets they usually give false promises.  This  results in emotional breakdowns of the beneficiaries if they don’t get a job. The NGO, Government, CSR Companies  looks only to meet their targets.  The emotional tragedy caused remains unanswered.

People from Corporates come spend time with NGO’s take selfies and post it in social Media, claiming they have done social service.  This helps them achieve more scores in their appraisals   NGO’s also like this as this is a marketing tool for them.  The poor and deprived remains as it is.  Only a handpicked few reach greater heights.  Others remain behind the doors which may be known only to their family.