Pratham
Education Foundation Partners with Citi to Pilot Youth Skilling and
Employability Program
Unique education entrepreneur
development model targets rural youth
Pratham
Education Foundation and Citi have come together to pilot an ‘Education
Entrepreneur Development’ program that, in one year, will build job skills for
5,400 youth in the rural and urban areas of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The Education Entrepreneur Development
program is supported by Citi Foundation as part of its focus on youth,
education and livelihoods. The grant will equip 120 ‘Education Entrepreneurs’ -
individuals from rural areas with good communication skills and an
entrepreneurial inclination – to deliver Pratham’s Foundation Course for
Employment, to young women and men in their villages and communities.
The
Foundation Course provides basic employment readiness training and it is
expected that at least half of those trained as part of this program will
secure employment in the service Industry, earning INR 6,000 – 7,000 per month,
right after the training. About 25% of the participants are also expected to
opt for an advanced industry-specific course such as that in hospitality or
construction training.
“The
Education Entrepreneur model is unique as it does not require us to make large
investments in infrastructure or human resources and instead capitalizes on a
growing wave of young people who seek to be entrepreneurs” says Madhav Chavan,
CEO and President of Pratham Education Foundation.
Using the
grant, Pratham will support the Education Entrepreneurs to train them,
providing the teaching material and a small stipend in the first year. The
Education Entrepreneurs will not be provided a fixed salary, but will instead
be incentivized to grow their enterprise by mobilizing more youth into their
training. Entrepreneurs will be encouraged to tie up with schools and colleges
in the vicinity to teach this Foundation Course to youth and students from the
school, as well as to teachers. This delivery approach makes the model
sustainable, scalable and economically viable.
At a small
ceremony, Pramit Jhaveri, CEO, Citi India, launched the program with a
certificate of partnership to Ajay Piramal, Chairman, Piramal Healthcare Ltd.
and Chairman, Pratham Education Foundation and Dr. Madhav Chavan, Co Founder
and CEO, Pratham Education Foundation.
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