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Livelihood, Education and Develo
Livelihood, Education and Develo
Basic Facts
Unemployment together with disguised and under employment continues to be among the biggest challenges in India
Acute need for enhancing and expanding scarce resource base to meet market demand
Over dependence on limited agricultural activities - need for exploring and providing alternative and additional income
Beliefs and Principles
It is not the literary skills but mainly the lack of employability and entrepreneurship skills that are the root-cause of the problem
The present education system needs to be expanded to include additional inputs on skills needed for employability and entrepreneurship
Overexploitation of natural resources has necessitated promotion of ecologically sustainable practices
Decentralization opened doors to the disadvantaged communities and women to participate in decision making process, planning and monitoring of education in schools
Experience
AeA has been addressing livelihoods issues directly or indirectly in almost all its projects
AeA has also been able to provide more intensive inputs for livelihoods issues through its co-financed projects like AID, SCAD, ASSEFA, RASS etc
Experience has shown that livelihoods is at the top of communities' priority in almost all of the project areas
It is essential to help communities address their livelihoods problems for promoting any meaningful education program
Scope
Livelihoods education to be made an integral part of all AeA's projects
AeA will focus on all important sub-sectors of livelihoods i.e.
Employability training in off-farm and service sectors
Entrepreneurship training in farm and non farm based enterPanchayat Raj Institutionses
Value addition to farm-based practices and products
Strategy
AeA will launch its employability skills training program i LEAD across the country in 2006
Some of the existing projects have been chosen where AeA will launch i LEAD. Besides, AeA would also start i LEAD in other potential cities parts of the country directly and in partnership with local NGOs
Partnerships are also being built with agencies having technical expertise in employability skills training. Major tie-ups with government and other like minded development agencies have also been envisaged and many of them are already in the pipeline
AeA would also explore possibilities and finalize its strategy for farm and off-farm livelihoods in 2006
Some of the existing projects have been identified where study will be conducted to identify livelihoods needs and proposals will be formulated to mobilize resources and support from other agencies to address them. Two to three livelihoods activities would also be pilot tested in high potential areas
Research and Advocacy
AeA will work in close collaboration with government agencies for providing employability skills training
Collaborations will be worked out with various departments of government concerned with policy and implementation of livelihoods programs, these departments include - technical education, DRDAs, municipalities etc
Main focus for policy advocacy initiatives would be on market orientation of vocational training, looking beyond the traditional vocational courses, promotion entrepreneurship and self-employment etc
Besides, AeA is also plugging in various networks and groups of agencies addressing livelihoods issues. AeA would play an active role in the appropriate networks and may even lead and initiate a few of them
Disability
A separate strategy is being worked out for imparting livelihoods education to persons with disabilities
AeA would enter into collaborations with government and other agencies working for disabled especially on livelihoods issues. Maximum efforts would be made to leverage resources from government to work on the issue
Besides, special courses will be designed and disabled would be given preference for suitable courses under i LEAD
Gender Equality
Women would be given preference for all livelihoods initiatives of AeA. Atleast 50% of candidates for employability training under i LEAD would be women
Similarly the proposed farm and off-farm livelihoods activities for pilot testing would be done through women Self Help Groups in various projects
Emergencies
AeA is already implementing projects for creation and enhancement of livelihoods of tsunami affected communities in India and Sri Lanka. The experiences from these projects would be capitalized to come out with a clear strategy for AeA to work on livelihoods issues in future emergency situation.
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