Jobs At Your Doorstep Report:
The Union Minister for Education along with the Minister of Labour and Employment and Youth Affairs launched a World Bank’s report titled Jobs at Your Doorstep: A Jobs Diagnostics for Young People in Six States, at an event in New Delhi.
- This report serves as both a diagnostic and roadmap to providing strategic linkages and convergence between education and the jobs agenda of India.
- It goes deep into the job landscape of six states: Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Rajasthan, and identifies key priority sectors and roles that offer the highest employment potential for young people graduating from secondary school.
- The report is a skills gap analysis that attempts to align trades offered in schools industry-specific needs of the districts where the schools are present.
- It underscores the significant benefits of embedding skill-based education from Classes 9-12 to prepare students for diverse career paths relying on a bottom-up approach.
- The study was initiated to reimagine the skill education offering through in-depth primary as well as secondary research in six STARS states.
STARS Scheme:
- It became effective since 2021 for a period of five years up to FY: 2024-25.
- STARS project would be implemented under Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education with the financial support of World Bank.
