Breaking the
vicious circle of poverty through fast track income generating prospects...
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The fast track
employable vocational training programme of the IRM is linked with the
development of the individuals and their families. The programme serves the twin
objectives of imparting technical skills to the community and generating
self-employment prospects. IRM has developed training in over 90 different
trades and vocational skills, that matches the market’s demand for specific
skills based on an effective system of market survey and feedback from partners. |
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This programme was initiated on an experimental basis with the objective of
providing fast track technical and vocational skills to the youth of rural areas
who did not have access to regular government sponsored skill enhancement
programmes which were predominantly located in the urban centers and were often
too lengthy. IRM’s fast track and diverse programme had many benefits because of
which rural youth flocked to enroll and benefit from the vocational and
technical programme. Due to its success the programme has now taken the shape of
an Institute called Vocational, Technical and Educational Center, VTECH.
IRM’s Vocational Training Programme (VTP) offers incentives for trainees from
rural areas which include
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Full boarding and lodging |
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Transport from hostel to training centers
and back |
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Emergency medical care |
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Counseling services |
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Business management training
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Vocational
training events are conducted in collaboration with certain government and
non-government institutes and agencies as the government institutes are rich in
resources and have competent and experienced training staff. However, due to
certain limitations these institutes fail to reach the required standards. The
VTP provides additional inputs and effective linkages to overcome these
impediments and facilitates these institutes to perform better.
The participants of the VTP come from diverse regional backgrounds and are
inducted in a variety of courses. The portfolio of the Vocational Training
Programme offered by NRSP-IRM is listed below: |
