Skilling India
Creating an integrated skills ecosystem for the transformation of industries in India
Client: Proposal pitched to National Skill Development Council, India
Organization: GoFar Advisory and Investments, Singapore
Design Team: Suman Bose, Saloni Sehgal
Overview
The employment scenario globally is witnessing a paradigm shift. Up to 375 million workers – 14% plus of the global workforce will need to learn new skills by 2030 according to the OECD Skills Analysis 2019.
In the global skilling ecosystem, India occupies a unique and special place today. The globalized world demands vocationally skilled manpower to convert growth opportunities into jobs and stable incomes. With millions of new job seekers entering the job market every year, vocational skill development has become one of India’s urgent priorities
Process
Design Research Phase
Design Phase
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Context
Primary and secondary research
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In addition to well-founded secondary research in the context of skill and employability gaps in India, methods from the fields of strategic design, business design, lean innovation, and empirical market research have been incorporated into the proposal.
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Likewise, findings from industry experts, interviews with employers, gig-economy workers, students, and training institutes were obtained.
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Synthesis
Key Findings
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Approximately 70 million additional individuals of working age (15-59 years) are expected to enter India’s labor force by 2023.
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109.73 million additional skilled manpower will be required across 24 sectors by 2022
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India has a big challenge ahead as it is estimated that only 4.69% of the total workforce in India has undergone formal skill training
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Identify Challenges
Existing challenges and deficits in the skilling ecosystem
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The current skilling eco-system including training institutes and government-listed polytechnic colleges were thoroughly examined to highlight key challenges the system faces today.
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These challenges in turn paved the way for drawing out possible opportunities and goals of our solution.
Defining goals and objectives
Asking the 'how might we' questions
Endorse and support a life-long learning framework-tracking of performance and options for future up-skilling
Outcome focused training linked to job creation, assessment and certification.
Leverage technology to ensure scale, access and outreach, ease of delivering content and monitoring results.
Ensure that the skilling needs of the socially and geographically disadvantaged groups are addressed.
Develop robust pedagogical competencies among instructors -Empanelment of quality private sectors.
Bringing together the right set of stakeholders into the ecosystem to ensure a high-quality robust learning experience.
The Solution
Creating an integrated lifelong learning ecosystem for learners to acquire skills and knowledge for employability.
The GoFar technology ecosystem shall enable learners to access customized multidisciplinary skilling solutions on the platform.
These solutions shall interweave through curated physical and digital skilling environments ensuring a high level of employability for the learner.
Features of the solution
Expected Outcomes
