The Higher Education and General Education Departments of Government of Kerala have jointly been successfully implementing the Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) as part of the preventive dimension under the Kerala State Skill Development Project. The principal objective of ASAP is to enhance the employability of youth enrolled at selected Government and Government-aided Higher Secondary Schools (+2) as well as the Arts and Science Graduate Colleges in the state. Since its inception in 2012, ASAP has trained more than one lakh candidates across a wide range of job roles, aligned with the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF), in different sectors.
ASAP is the single Project which gave thrust to Internship besides practical training. However, arranging internship to a large number of students and identifying talented mentors in the workplace emerges as one of the biggest hurdles in creating an industry led-skill ecosystem in the state.
The government of Kerala intends to resolves the problem through an Institutional Platform –State Employability Enhancement Project through Internship. With a view to expand its reach and impact, and make available its services to the larger community through a sustainable skilling model, ASAP has proposed to create a statelevel platform to offer Internship and placement touching other critical aspects like Aptitude analysis, Career mapping, training and grooming to any candidate between the age group of 14-25 with the active involvement of Industries, Educational Institutions, Skill Training Providers and Government Departments and agencies.
INVITATION:
ASAP now invites Expression of Interest (EOI) from eligible national and international professional agencies and business houses, engaged in designing, development and management of job/ internship web application (linked with a management of information system and can be used as a mobile app). ASAP reserves the right to modify, cancel, suspend or terminate any aspect of the EOI process at any time, for any reason, without giving prior notice and ASAP (including their officers, employees, consultants) will not be bound by this EOI. ASAP may organize a pre-application conference (or a series of such conferences) at date(s), time and location(s) to be decided and notified later. Agencies intending to express their interest for participation through the EOI application may do so within 10 days from the date of this request for EOI intimate through email confirming their intent to participate. Invitations to the pre-application conference(s) shall be extended by the ASAP based on the receipt of such intimation from the prospective applicants. Intending applicants may through email intimation request in-person consultations with key officials at ASAP Secretariat, Thiruvananthapuram. The receipt of such intimation shall be 5-business days prior to such intended visit and not later than 7 days prior to the EOI submission deadline.
SCOPE OF PROJECT
To design & develop a dynamic web application which includes provision for providing internship/placement support for 20 lakh students in Kerala. The project envisages establishment an online platform addressing career needs of youth of Kerala through setting up of an Internship portal where any student/qualified person can register and meet the Internship requirements as well as career needs. The scope of project shall include the following. The detailed obligation of the parties shall be provided in the EOI document.
Revised Last Date of Submission of Expression of Interest is 4 pm , 28th May 2018 as mentioned in Corrigendum 3Â ( which was earlier 19th May 2018 as mentioned in EOI ). For complete details and EOI Format for application, Click Here . For change in terms, refer Corrigendum 2 ( Click Here )
