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Education, Training and Work Outcomes by Claire Noronha, Tanuka Endow and Aparajita Bhargarh. Presented by Claire Noronha and Tanuka Endow.
The work histories of the 76 young people all from our 4 qualitative research sites in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan reflected their struggles to negotiate a universe in which training opportunities and work opportunities were limited and erratic, and financial returns were low. Both financial resources and social networks were important even to access on-the-job training. Gender norms worked against women when it came to job training. Skills training appeared to offer more scope for diversifying family earnings than as a way of ‘escaping’ poverty. Even those at the highest levels of schooling/education and formal training – were getting low returns and were unable to transfer to ‘permanent’ employment in the formal sector.
Globalization and casualisation as well as over supply of skilled workers appeared to be important factors affecting employment.
Policy implications included the need to have a greatly augmented and supply-demand adjusted system of skills training, with different skill levels and certification mechanisms.
At the same time, there was an enormous need for other changes in the ‘enabling environment’ including better provisioning of loans and more transparency in the training and job market. Social security for the informal sector in which almost all respondents worked is another major concern. Many of these issues are already in the policy makers’ field of vision and the research is a small and, it is hoped, useful contribution.
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Education, Training and Work Outcomes by Claire Noronha, Tanuka Endow and Aparajita Bhargarh. Presented by Claire Noronha and Tanuka Endow.
The work histories of the 76 young people all from our 4 qualitative research sites in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan reflected their struggles to negotiate a universe in which training opportunities and work opportunities were limited and erratic, and financial returns were low. Both financial resources and social networks were important even to access on-the-job training. Gender norms worked against women when it came to job training. Skills training appeared to offer more scope for diversifying family earnings than as a way of ‘escaping’ poverty. Even those at the highest levels of schooling/education and formal training – were getting low returns and were unable to transfer to ‘permanent’ employment in the formal sector.
Globalization and casualisation as well as over supply of skilled workers appeared to be important factors affecting employment.
Policy implications included the need to have a greatly augmented and supply-demand adjusted system of skills training, with different skill levels and certification mechanisms.
At the same time, there was an enormous need for other changes in the ‘enabling environment’ including better provisioning of loans and more transparency in the training and job market. Social security for the informal sector in which almost all respondents worked is another major concern. Many of these issues are already in the policy makers’ field of vision and the research is a small and, it is hoped, useful contribution.