Skill train are important to improve the livelihood of the poor people. Now a days population explosion is no more a head-ache for the policy makers, rather now they are changing their version by using the term called "Demographic dividend". in simple term they are now more optimistic about the large pool of young population of India. It is very much true that young and active population can help the nation to grow fast. But there is a problem, we have a large pool of young and active population but without any skill. An individual cannot earn enough without skill. They are most likely engaged as a disguised labor.
"Pratham" is an organisation primarily work with primary education. It uses community volunteer to teach the local child. Normally those volunteers are unpaid. Its a big challenge to raise unpaid volunteer in present context, but it is too expensive to pay them a lump sum also. basically most of the volunteers are economically not very sound, there for paying lump-sum is not a permanent solution to those volunteers' economic condition. Then the concept of EFE emerged. EFE means "education for education", which means volunteers give education to the kids and in exchange they take some vocational education like "digital literacy" "beautician" "cutting knitting" etc. Now it is being reflected in many aspect that all stack holders in this process is being benefited and compensated justifiably.
I have visited many villages across the state where Pratham is working and seen many young people are getting an opportunities to earn. Few people are engaged with Adhar project after getting digital literacy, few ladies have become beauty consultant in their respective village or in their respective hamlet with an sustainable income source.
I personally feel that if this can scale up to a large scale it will help us to have a educated and smiling rural Assam, India.
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