1. WORKSHOP ON SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN MEGHALAYA: A WAY FORWARD Performance of the MSSDS State Plan Scheme: Setting the Baseline for SCF British Council TA Team 8 th May 2015

2. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Outline of the Presentation  About MSSDS state plan scheme  Objectives of performance assessment  Data Source/Methods  Profile of trainees  Types of skills training imparted & their features  Performance of internal efficiency indicators  Labour market outcomes of training interventions  Key Concerns/Recommendations

3. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme About the Programme  MSSDS state plan scheme for skills development launched during January 2014;  Overall objective of the scheme is to provide demand driven placement linked skills training to unemployed youths in the age-group of 18-35 years;  The scheme is inclusive in nature & caters to all segments of Meghalaya’s youth – with maximum focus to provides benefits to women & SC/ST youth ;  Aims to provide employment to at least 75% of trained youth - in organized sector within and outside Meghalaya;  The training cost per trainee is fixed at Rs. 18, 800/- & is shared between the MSSDs & PIAs in the ratio of 75: 25 (Rs.14, 100/- : Rs. 4,700/-);  About 7550 youth have been targeted to be trained within two years (between March 2014 - March 2016)

4. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Objectives  Understand the performance outcome of the MSSDS state- plan scheme;  Linking the MSSDS performance outcome results in setting baseline KPIs for the SCF;  Provides suggestions and recommendations for improving the outcome of the MSSDS scheme;  Drawing lessons from the MSSDS scheme and its relevance for SCF implementation.

5. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Data Source/Methods  Comprehensive and process driven data capture format was prepared to collect data on various monitoring parameters;  PIAs were involved in the process and their views were incorporated in the data capture format;  Data collection and validation went through a series of rigorous quality check and standardisation processes;  About 3327 trainee data trained during 1 st April 2014 – 31 st March 2015 were analysed for performance assessment.

6. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Who are the trainees?  Trainees are mostly young : average age being 22 years. No significant difference in age between male and female trainees;

7. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Who are the trainees?  34 % of trainees are females (proportion of female trainees are in the range of 43-47 % in Ri-Bhoi & East Khasi Hills respectively);  93 % of male and female trainees belong to ST category;  84% are Christians & 14% Hindus;  Around 0.3 % of trainees belong to PWD category;  29% trainees were from border areas.

8. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Who are the trainees?  Educational attainment level of trainees is fairly high: 52 % & 25% - secondary & higher secondary & above level of education respectively;  Only 23% have less than 9 years of education.

9. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Where are the trainees from?  Majority of trainees belong to East (30%) and West Khasi (15%) Hills and least from South West Khasi (0.3%) and Jaintia (0.4%) Hills;

10. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme What are the types of skills training imparted ?  Training is imparted in 15 different types of trades as per the local market demand with 3,227 enrolled trainees Sl No.PIAsTrades of Skills TrainingTotal Enrollment 1 Centum Learning Computer Fundamentals, Hospitality & Retail122 2 DB Tech Automobile Repair, Basic Welding, Construction, Electrical, Hospitality - General, Industrial Sewing Machine, & Security1,222 3 IL&FS Basic Electrician, Helper Mason, Hospitality, Retail & Sewing Machine Operator1,099 4 NESAGeneral Security210 5 NIPSHospitality242 6 SS NetcomITES332 Total3,227

11. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme What are the types of skills training imparted?  Hospitality, electrical & security are most popular one among male trainees, whereas for females ISMO, hospitality and ITES are the popular ones

12. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme What are the types of skills training imparted?  DB Tech & ILFS are important PIAs – account for 38% & 34% of total enrolled trainees respectively;  Training is imparted for a duration of 1 to 3 months (except for hospitality course of NIPS which is for 5 months);  Assessment & certifications are done internally except for NIPS 5 month hospitality course which is affiliated with the SCVT;

13. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Dropout rates are insignificant  Dropout rate at 9.3 % is very low at the overall level – no significant differences in dropout rates among male (9.6%) & female (8.6%) trainees;  However, dropout rates are high in individual trades such as - Computer fundamentals (48%), helper mason (19%) and sewing machine operator trades (15%);  In terms of share in total dropouts – hospitality (41%) and basic electrician (12%) – together account for 53% of dropped out trainees;  Across PIAs, dropout rate at 16% is highest in case of IL&FS and Centum; IL&FS too accounts for 57% of total dropped outs followed by DB Tech (27%);

14. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Reasons for dropping out varies  ‘Not interested’ – major reasons for dropping out;  6% also dropped out because of ‘non-availability of trainer’ ;  PIAs followed-up with all the dropped out trainees but remained unsuccessful.

15. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Dropout rates varies across trades TradesDropout RateOngoing Trg.Completed Trg. Basic Electrician13.912.473.7 Electrical6.518.075.5 Automobile Repair7.40.092.6 Basic Welding10.90.089.1 Computer Fundamentals47.50.052.5 Construction0.0100.00.0 General Security0.542.457.1 Helper Mason19.40.080.6 Hospitality13.37.677.8 Hospitality - General4.613.282.1 ITES2.40.097.6 ISMO4.623.172.3 SMO14.70.085.3 Retail5.60.094.4 Security15.80.084.2 Total9.312.178.3

16. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Assessment and passed-out rates are impressive  Assessment and passed out rate at 78% and 90% respectively is quite high compared to other similarly placed training programmes Assessment and Passed out ParametersMaleFemaleTotal Total Capacity/enrolled trainees213710903227 Number of trainees assessed/completed course (in Number)1,6298972,526 Number of trainees certified & passed out (in Number)1,4997652,264 Assessment Rate (% trainees assessed to total enrolled students)76.2382.2978.28 Certified & Passed out Rate (% trainees passed-out to total assessed)92.085.389.6  Proportion of female trainees with A+ & A grades higher compared to males

17. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Assessment and passed-out rates varies across PIAs  Assessment rate lower than overall average for NESA,ILF&S and DB Tech  Pass-out rate is lowest in case of NIPS & Centum PIAs Total Capacity/enroll ed trainees Number of trainees assessed/completed course (in Number) Number of trainees certified & passed out (in Number) Assessment Rate Certified & Passed out Rate Centum1221032884.427.2 DB Tech1,222943 77.2100.0 IL & FS1,099826 75.2100.0 NESA210120 57.1100.0 NIPS2422102386.811.0 SS Netcom332324 97.6100.0 Total3,2272,5262,26478.389.6

18. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Labour market outcomes are impressive & inclusive  At the overall level - placement rate is 71 %;  Placement rate marginally higher for female (72%) than male (70%) trainees; MaleFemaleTotal Trainee Placed (in number)1,0555541,609 Trainees passed out (in number)1,4997652,264 Placement Rate (in %)70.472.471.1

19. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Placement rates are high but with variations across PIAs  Best performing PIAs in terms of placement rate are - NESA, ILFS & DB Tech, while performance of NIPS is not very encouraging Note: Placement rate for Centum and NIPS calculated as % to total assessed while for rest from total passed-outs

20. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Placement rates differs across trades  Placement rate ranges between 95-100% for trades such as Helper Masson, SMO & General Security;  Placement rate negligible in case of construction and 43-45% in case of hospitality-general and security trades; TradesPlacement Rate*TradesPlacement Rate* Basic Electrician60.0Hospitality74.9 Automobile Repair71.5Hospitality - General43.5 Basic Welding57.1ITES64.8 Computer Fundamentals57.1ISMO78.3 Construction0.0Retail75.8 Electrical61.0Security45.8 General Security95.0SMO98.4 Helper Mason100.0Total71.1 Note: Placement rate for computer fundamental course is calculated as % to total assessed while for rest from total passed-outs

21. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Majority of trainees placed outside the state  Higher proportion of female (77%) trainees placed outside the state – mostly in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka (almost 62%);  In contrast, 74% male trainees placed outside the state – with NCR, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu accounting for largest shares; placement of male trainees more evenly spread-out compared to female trainees;  Sewing machine operator (51%) and customer care executive (17%) – were the most important occupations in which female trainees were placed;  Male trainees were placed in a wide variety of occupations but most importantly as – trainees (32%), electrical assistant (14%) security guard (14%) & customer support executive (7%);  Most important sector of placement of both male and females trainees were – tourism and hospitality (22%); textile and garment (21%); electrical, electronics and IT hardware (19%) & call centre (13%)  Largely, trainees were placed in occupations/sectors as per their training/trade backgrounds;

22. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Earning outcomes are attractive to the new entrants  Average monthly earnings at Rs. 6133/- is attractive & higher than the minimum monthly wage rate for skilled workers by 1.4 times;  Average earnings between female and male trainees varies but not significantly;  Female earnings shows wide variance which suggests that among the females there are high degree of variations in monthly wages; GenderMeanSDVarianceMinMaxN Male6202.1891523.0692319740250025000943 Female5987.3412127.5874526628300025000443 Total6133.5181,74130324022500250001386  Earning outcomes fluctuate across trades: students graduated from automobile repair/computer fundamental courses command higher average wage in the market compared to those with ITES or security background;  Across trades - hospitality and computer fundamentals shows high degree of variations in average wage between different trainees.

23. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Earning outcomes fluctuate between trades TradesMeanSDVarianceMinMaxN Basic Electrician6952300.902390542.1860007500111 Automobile Repair75041514.334229320945009403108 Basic Welding55931076.07411579365300940328 Computer Fundamentals74363735.3111.40E+0740001750011 Construction.....0 Electrical6069850.2002722840.425006969128 General Security5111256.376565728.9250005700114 Helper Mason7253278.366177487.686950750029 Hospitality65662337.865465589350025000366 Hospitality - General5032429.0355184071.54000600054 ITES4500.. 1 ISMO55751017.853103602430007200245 Retail64104055.081.64E+0735001452521 Security49161037.20210757884000700044 SMO56721477.306218243440007000126 Total61341741.37930324022500250001386

24. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Earning outcomes are better for trainees placed outside the state  Average monthly earnings & minimum and maximum earnings per month are better for trainees placed outside the state; Location of WorkMeanSDVarianceMinMaxN Within Meghalaya4946865.5227749129.6250010000189 Outside Megahalaya63211770.83631358594000250001197 Total61331741.37930324022500250001386  Average monthly earnings is weakly correlated with age, education level but shows high degree of correlation with sector/occupation and place of work;  Some of the important employers from placement perspectives are: Shahi Exports Pvt Ltd; Sodexo; Cotton Blossom, Aircel; Neha Associates; Ranger Security & Services; Minda Furukawa & Vodafone

25. Performance Assessment of MSSDS Skills Training Programme Some key concerns & way forward  Regional disparity – the skills training interventions are located in a few pockets, which are advanced locations in the state;  Enrolment of female trainees at 33% is less than their share in the 15- 35 age cohort of the state;  Concentration of trainees in a few trades, while their participation in other trades is very low;  Lack of standard curricula, duration of course, absence of third party assessment and certifications and limited number of trades;  Quality of training in terms of grades awarded shows average results;  Sustainability of placed trainees is a key concern – nearly 30 % trainees are placed as ‘trainees’;  Monthly wages and earnings for nearly 10 % of the placed trainees is less than the minimum wage of the state for skilled workers;  While monitoring of skills training programme and performance reporting is appreciable for some of the PIAs, the same is not true for all.  Dropout rates are low but needs to be minimised through counselling and better screening of candidates

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