EOI

Expression of Interest for “Mapping of Vocational Training Institutes at District Levels in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana”

Secunderabad : Vocational training courses are a parallel system to provide sustainable means of employment to youth. India has a huge population and the government has a responsibility to create and provide employment opportunities. With the steady growth of economy it has become imperative to sustain the economic growth by supply of skilled workforce. In view of this, the Prime Minister Shri Narander Modi has for the first time ever started a Ministry for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Through the Ministry, vocational courses under the aegis of Skill India is provided in form of both formal and non-formal channels via Industrial Training Institutes. The objective of these courses is to provide the necessary job related skills to young men and women and make them job ready ensuring to fill the unskilled and skilled labour gaps in the job market. Government of India plans to reach 400 million people by the end of the year 2022. However, despite many efforts by the government about 70% of the country’s youth are unaware of these programs. If the current situation continues the government may not be able reach the set goal. This may lead to increase in the unemployment rate among the youth.

Rationale

India is a developing economy with a population of 1.2 billion and the average age of its population is estimated to be within 29 years. By the year 2022, it is also estimated that India will have the maximum number of working age population in the world. Over the past few decades, India has seen a consistent economic growth. In order to sustain this economic growth there is a need for skilled workforce. A lot of initiatives have been initiated by the respective governments to develop the skills, but these initiatives have been plagued by multiplicity of agencies and duplication of effort. To address these issues, the Prime Minister Shri. Narander Modi in June 2014 has created a first ever separate Ministry for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to promote skill development and entrepreneurship. He also launched Skill India program to meet the demands of the market by providing skills to 400 million people by the year 2022. As per the Skill India Annual Report 2017-18, 39.81 lakh people were trained under various courses and more than 60% of the certified candidates from across the country were placed. Over the years, through Skill India program has empowered 35.56 lakh women through skill training and transforming their lives.

As per Skill India report -2018, Telangana state failed to figure in top 10 states and cities with high employability. Only 2.24 per cent hiring took place in Telangana. Compared to Telangana, Andhra Pradesh managed to maintain its spot among the top 10 states for employability. However, with regard to per cent of hiring Andhra Pradesh is only 3.31% which is not much higher than Telangana. Unemployment rate is higher in both the states due to lack of employable skills and lack of awareness on the availability of vocational training programs.

Mahita is a non-profit social development organization working in the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in southern India. Established in 1994 Mahita has specific interventions for children across both the states, particularly the girls empowering them through education and vocational trainings. Since the inception, the organization has adopted the right based approach to work towards socially just and empowered society. The organization is creating opportunities to poor and marginalized with special focus on girls for their development with dignity and respect. Mahita consists of team of social scientists with substantial experience in gender, education, human rights, livelihood and humanitarian work. Mahita strongly believes that the community participation is the essential part of any right based approach and that leads to the social transformation, and this philosophy is implementing the organization in all its programme areas.

Introduction of the Programme :

The Girls Advocacy Alliance (GAA) is a global initiative of Plan International – Plan Netherlands, Terre des Hommes – Netherlands and Defence for Children – ECPAT Netherlands. In India, Plan India is implementing the project in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in partnership with Mahita. The project primarily advocates for addressing Child Marriage and Child Trafficking, and in promoting Secondary Education among girls and Job Oriented Vocational Training (JOVT) for young women in both the states- by addressing 4 key actors i.e Communities, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Government and Private Sector. GAA program has been implementing in 6 districts in Telangana (Hyderabad, Vikarabad, Gadwal, Yadadri, Adilabad and Sangareddy) and 3 districts in Andhra Pradesh (Kurnool, Visakhapatnam and Krishna). The programme closely works with Community, NGO/CSOs, Government and Private Sector in bringing the desired change.

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In view of this, Mahita-Plan through its EOI Notification No: GAA/MAPPING-TRG /2019/Mahita-Plan  is inviting Research Organisation to submit a proposal on Mapping of Vocational Training Institutes at district levels in two states – To disseminate information across youth advocates and encourage them and other young women in communities to pursue job oriented vocational skills: This proposed study to disseminate of information to the youth in all the 6 districts of TS and 3 districts of AP, facilitate the youth to equip with the relevant information that helps to choose their career path.

Name of the Districts in Telangana: 1) Hyderabad, 2) Adilabad, 3) Gadwal 4) Yadadri, 5) Vikarabad and 6) Sanga Reddy.

Name of the Districts in Andhra Pradesh: 1) Krishna, 2) Kurnool and 3) Visakhpatnam

Objectives:

To identify all the government, private, Government support running, Corporate and NGO led training Institutes in the above mentioned districts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana state.
To identify the entire process of the trainings like mobilisation, Counselling, Enrolment, Courses delivery, Industrial Tie-ups, Placements, Career Progression and placement follow-up and other things.

Expected Outcomes:

1. Reports on both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states with district wise classification on availability of vocational training courses run by both government, NGOs, Corporate and private sector through CSR. Identify the courses, procedure for registration, accessibility etc.
2. This information supports for the increased participation of young girls to undergo various trainings.

In line with the above objectives, Mahita is inviting reputed research organizations to take up a time bound in depth study with technically sound research and sample framework. Interested organizations are requested to submit their technical proposal along with financial proposal (In duplicate in a separate envelops – two copies of technical proposal in a sealed envelope and two copies of financial proposals in another sealed envelope and keep both the envelops together in one envelop and send it to The Program Director, Mahita through registered post.

Qualifications, Language and specialized knowledge/experience required:

The research organization should have at least 8-10 years’ experience in child focused research, process documentation and evaluations. A good understanding of children’s issues in the wider social development and human rights perspective will add value. Experience of working in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will be valuable. The organization should have a team that understands the issues to accomplish the tasks in time and as required.

The organization should have excellent English language writing and editing skills, appropriate technical expertise in field research, sustainable capacity and analytical skills to ensure the quality in research and outputs.

At least 2 samples of research work similar to Job Oriented Vocational Training/Skill Development undertaken by the proposed team must be submitted along with the bid.

Key dead lines:

Submission of Technical and Financial Proposal – 10-05-2019
Opening the bids – 15-05-2019
Final selection – 20-05-2019

Selection Procedure:

Project core team in Mahita and Plan India will evaluate the technical proposals on following criteria. Once the organization is shortlisted based on technical proposal, the core team will call three selected organizations and open the financial bids. For technical proposal 75 marks and for financial proposal 25 marks are fixed for evaluation.

Selection of the organization is purely based on competencies to take up the study. For Application Formats and Evaluation criteria, click here

Address to send the proposals:

Ramesh Sekhar Reddy.P
Program Director – Mahita
H.No.12-13-484/21,
Street NO.1,
Tarnaka,
Secunderabad-500 017
Ph: +91-40-27151858

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