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STAR Skill Training for Advancing Resources

Presented By JOYDEEP SINHA ROY BRAC EDUCATION PROGRAMME APRIL, 2013

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At a Glance| STAR • Started in 2012 from BRAC Education Programme

• Technical & vocational training

• Informal apprenticeship based model

• 1000 adolescents Covered in 2012

• Partners: GoB, UNICEF, BRAC & ILO

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Objectives| STAR

• Equipped adolescents with technical skills

• Ensure employment through wage/self employment

• Address unemployment/underemployment issue of

Bangladesh

• Create safer & decent workplaces for Learners

• To create a paththway from School to Work

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Unemployment Issue

Demand for Labors Skills

Demand Supply

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Target group| STAR

• Age group: 14-18

• Dropped out of secondary schools

• Mostly grade 5 passed

• Financially vulnerable

• Unemployed / working adolescents with minimal tech

skills

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• On the job training • Theoretical Training • Soft skill Training • Placement

Creating Skilled

workforce

• Workplace Improvement • Technical Up gradation • Occupational Safety & Health

Decent Employment

Two folded approach| STAR

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Trades & Areas| STAR Trades

• Tailoring & dress making

• Mobile phone servicing

• Motor cycle repairing

• Block batik and screen print

• Embroidery

• Beauty parlor

• Refrigeration & AC servicing

• Basic Electronics

• Electrical and House wiring

AREAS COVERED

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Components| STAR

On the job training Theoretical

Technical training

Soft skills training Placement support

STAR

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On the job training| STAR

• Learners are placed to different shops/ workplaces for 6

months

• From each shop one Technical person is assigned to train

learners, known as MCP

• MCPs follow Competency based log books (CSLB) /

training manual for particular trades to train the

learners

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On the job training| STAR

MCP is providing On the job

Practical training to one of the

learners in Tailoring and dress

making trade

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On the job training| STAR

• MCPs are trained on Occupational Safety and health (OSH)

• MCPs are also trained on workplace improvement

• It helps to make the workshops a decent place for training

KHADIJA , learner of Motor Cycle repairing trade receiving training from their MCP

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Theoretical training| STAR

• 2 hour theoretical training conducted every week

• Developing learners’ theoretical knowledge is the

main reason of this training

• Helps learners to know the rationale behind the

technical aspects

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Soft Skills training| STAR

Communicative English

Life skills

Training

Financial literacy Training

Seeking and

Keeping job Job

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Communicative English| STAR

• Conducted by Scholarship recipients from BRAC

Education programme

• Aim to prepare learners to be able to communicate in

English

• Boosts up the confidence level of the learners

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LifeSkills Training| STAR • 2 hour Life skills training is conducted each week • Objectives:

– Educate the learners about their rights – Creating awareness regarding burning issues

• Child marriage, child abuse, drugs addiction, dowry • Eve teasing, rape, HIV AIDS , health puberty,

menstruation

– Educate learners with the social norms and values

• APON books have been used for this training

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Financial literacy Training| STAR

• Savings • Prioritizing consumptions • Bank Accounts • Budget and Overall money management

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Seeking & keeping job| STAR

• Prepared by Making Cents Inc.

• Helps to develop the behavioral aspect of the learners

• Focuses on the DOs and DONTs of an employee

• Qualities of good employees and employers

• Develops the learners as an employee fit for the

labour market

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Placements| STAR

• After successfully completion of the training, each learner

is placed to the different workplaces as employees

• Linkage with Secondary schools

Bilkis, started her own Beauty parlor after graduating from STAR & earns around 100 USD/ month

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Achievements| STAR

• In 2012, 992 learners graduated ( 584 female: 408 Male)

• 968 learners : wage employees; 24 learners: Self employees

• 17 were physically challenged (presently working)

• Wage range: USD: 25- USD: 130 per month

• Entrepreneurs earn at least USD 7 per day

• 55 learners started going to school for further studies (working

part time)

• 1000 learners have access to formal banks to save their earnings.

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Future Steps| STAR

• Another 1000 learners will be covered in 2013

• By 2016, around 8000 learners will be reached

• New areas will be covered

• New local demanded trades will be incorporated

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THANK YOU

THANK YOU

THANK YOU

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