Skills for employment. Skills for development. Skills for life. We are associated with Skill India.
Why skill development
Insufficient skills and illiteracy force the poorest sections of society to put in extra physical effort just to earn a livelihood. Despite sweating heavily, they merely manage daily wages — and sadly, some don't even get labour work every day.
Poverty means more than simply low income. It includes a lack of voice in determining what goes on in one's community, as well as vulnerable livelihoods; food insecurity is often a reality of poverty. Skills development contributes to social and economic integration in poor people's lives and can be called a public good — while lack of access to education and training keeps education and productive skills low among the rural poor.
To demolish this from the lives of underprivileged populations, Aspirant provides free-of-cost skill development programmes for underprivileged and needy people. Our courses are designed to upskill exploited populations and include Computer Hardware, Beautician Training, Computer Training, Mobile Repairing, Sewing Training, Mehndi Design, Aroma Stick training, and more.
Aspirant Education's Youth Skilling programme is especially for young people aged 18–25 who have completed the 10th or 12th standard and whose family income does not exceed ₹1,20,000 per annum. The programme runs for three to six months, at the end of which Aspirant Education connects the trained young people with job or business opportunities.
Through the Skilling programme, Aspirant Education equips young people with a host of 21st-century skills — teamwork, communication, problem-solving, self-management and performance readiness — preparing them to enter a job or launch their own business.
Aspirant's popular courses
- Front desk executive
- Micro-irrigation
- Receptionist
- Sales executive
- Mobile repair
- Beauty basics
- Furniture and fitting
- Computer-related courses
- Gardener
- Food handler
- DTH installer
- Delivery executive
- Unarmed security
Project implementation plan — proposed skilling methodology
All stages are guided and supported by documented, regularly updated policies, with extensive checks and balances driven by the management system.
01. Preparation, identification and allocation
- Centre readiness and approval
- Student kit procurement
- Trainer / support staff onboarding
- Content and training delivery plan finalisation
- SSC alignment for assessment
- Induction of resources from local SHGs; training on mobile apps
- Involvement of local NGO, Gram Panchayat and Panchayat Samiti
- Identification of mobilisation locations based on sectors and projects
02. On-ground mobilisation and candidate selection
- Sensitisation of the programme using popular newspapers, leaflet distribution, brand van, radio, roadshows, etc.
- On-ground mobilisation across cities, towns, blocks and villages
- Collected data is analysed; pre-screening based on candidate aspiration and minimum requirements
- Individual and personal counselling (including parents) to determine the precise course
- Thorough information sessions on programmes and their benefits
03. Training, OJT and assessment preparation
- Expectations and ground rules set clearly on day one of every batch
- Regular internal assessments and counselling
- Student kits issued to each candidate
- QMS-guided audits and reminder systems
- Supplementary emphasis for weak candidates
- Industry / factory tours
- Additional sessions on self-employment and entrepreneurship
04. Assessment, certification and placement
- At the end of the term, SSCs are invited to conduct the assessment
- Local social leaders / MLA / MP invited to certification ceremonies as per RSLDC guidelines
- Local press, parents and employers also invited
- Full social media coverage as per RSLDC guidelines
- Placement of candidates and smooth transition between employers and institute
05. Support
After placement, support services continue to be provided to candidates.
Need & importance of skill development
- To mobilise the resources of individual members for collective economic development
- To improve the living conditions of the underprivileged
- To build a routine of savings and the utilisation of local talents
- To mobilise individual skills for group participation
- To create awareness about rights
- To support representatives financially at times of need, and expand entrepreneurship
- To identify obstacles, analyse them, and find solutions in groups
- To act as an engine for the socio-economic improvement of the village
- To establish training for skill development
- To serve in the recovery of loans
- To gain mutual understanding and improve protection and self-confidence among youth
- To build up harmony
You can support kids' and young lives' journey from childhood to livelihood.