On the Job Vocational Training

Laxmanrao Kashinath Kirloskar

Devram Valji Chauhan

...the Chinese axiom "Give a man a fish, and you have fed him once. Teach him how to fish and you have fed him for a lifetime."

The Rotarian, June 1964

Some Statistics

• Dropout of School after 7th Standard = 52.78% of total youth = 131.95 Million

• These 131.95 Million may join Labor force early without any skills training

• Resulting in 13.7228 Million Unskilled labor • Out of the 250 Million Indian Youth (14 to 24) 13.3

% youth is Unemployed In India = 33.25 Million • Resulting in Poor Indians = 273.75 Million as of

2011

So what's the need

• Impart skills to the youth before he joins labor force.• Involve currently trained & skilled entrepreneurs for

e.g. Plumber, Fitter, welder, car or scoter Mechanic, cycle repairer, construction worker, electrician, motor & Pump mechanic, Carpenter, DTP operator, established farmers, Organic farmers, Mushroom Growers, machine operator, accountant, marketer, etc to join this mission.

• Provide enough and encouraging stipend to the youth to make skills training attractive

Why Should Rotary Get involved?

• Prevention of youth entering the vicious cycle of poverty & disease through training

• Rotary is a organization of vocation leaders• Rotarians have zest to serve & do good• Tremendous benefits to the youth between 14 &

24• Even short term training (say 6 to 12 months)

may be enough at the informal workshops & garages.

Proposed Model

• Identify the garages & workshops / offices in the community run by skilled entrepreneurs

• Tap the dropouts from the school• Take a aptitude test & do need assessment• One club Fund one student for one year (USD1000 /

year/student) during training period• Ask other clubs from the district & Rotary International

to join• Establish a Rotary Placement institution or partner an

existing agency

Benefits• Raising a skilled work force in the community• Saving a family from getting poor & diseased• Raising economic standards• Improving social fabric of the society as otherwise the

untrained & unemployed youth is the causes for rise in crime in the society

• With every one trained youth we support a family for a lifetime and enhance the entrepreneurial character of the society

• May be gain a future Rotarian who believe in “Doing Good”

Project Concept by Rtn. Amit Gopal Chauhan,

Rotary Club of Kalyan, RI District 3140Reach me at :

amit2462@hotmail.comCell: +91 9769442462