GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

SUPPORTING KERALAs ADDITIONAL SKILL ACQUISITION PROGRAM

(ASAP)
IN POST-BASIC EDUCATION

ASAP - Skilling Kerala into the 21 Century

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Kerala State Skill Dev Project

Kerala State Skill Development Project (July 2012)
(Transform Kerala into a human resource hub for the 21 st century)

Engage
with
private

Unemployed resources
in Informal Sector

Focus on
services &
emerging
tech areas

Additional Skills
Enhancement
Program (ASEP)
{Curative}
Registrants in
Employment Exchange

Combines
general
and
vocational
education

Departments of Labor and Local

Self-Government

ITI Certificate Holders

Arts & Science Colleges

(Under Graduates)

ASAP Secretariat
Additional Skills
Acquisition
Program (ASAP)
{Preventive}
Higher Sec. Schools
Grades XI & XII

ADB Project

Departments of Higher Education

and General Education

Kerala Academy
for Skills
Excellence

Centers of
Excellence
Construction
Retail & Tourism

ASAP Making post-basic education more

job-oriented
Higher Secondary Schools
Graduate Arts & Science Colleges

Community Skills
Parks (CSPs)
Skill Development
Centres (SDCs)
SKILLS TRAINING:
Market-based training
and career counselling
Trainees given choice of
trades to select from
based on aptitude,
aspiration, and demand

FOUNDATION COURSES:
Communication English,
Basic IT, and Soft Skills

120 520
hours
skills
training

SDCs 5-6 rooms in partner schools and colleges

upgraded improved furniture and teaching facilities +
IT connectivity for foundation training
CSPs Much larger facilities to be set up for
vocational training following hub and spoke
model

300 to 700 hours

of foundation &
skills training in
all

Strong private sector

engagement
Enhancing access to
quality training
facilities
Comprehensive MIS

Table: Summary of ASAPs Achievements (as of 31 July 2015)

Description of activities
I. Number of ASAP Trainees
Foundation Training
Share of females
Share of BPL
Vocational Skills Training
Share of females
Share of BPL
Summer Skills Program
Share of females
Share of BPL

2012- 2013- 2014-31 Total (2012 to

2013 2014 May 2015 20 July 2015)
3,024
1,727
1,631
2,952
1,691
1,600

12,823
7,138
6,890
12,745
7,104
6,856
798
80
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25,569
13,406
13,863
23,320
13,377
13,861
9,173
5,328
4,124

41,416
22,271
22,384
41,216
21,172
22,317
9,971
5,428
4,173

II. Number of ASAP Graduates Certified

APTIS (Soft skills)

2,245

2,245

Skill Courses

2,227

2,227

III. Number of private training providers engaged

(cumulative)
IV. Number of public training providers engaged
(cumulative)
V. Number of vocational courses offered (cumulative)
VI. MOUs with sector skills councils
VII. Number of schools and colleges where foundation
and skills training has started (cumulative)
VIII. Number of local Skill Development Executives
engaged (for foundation training)
Share of females
IX. Number of program managers engaged (cumulative)
Share of females
X. Number of Skill Development Centers (cumulative)

18

32

12

32
6

73
12

102

437

954

317

763

589

1,669

207
32
18
19

473
121
62
33

424
189
99
105

1,104

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ASAP MAIN PROGRAM: July 20,

2015

MIS data: Student Profile Analysis

Gender Distribution

Student Enrolled Year wise

25,519

46%
12,745
7,104
2,952
1,691
1,261
2012-13

13,377

5,641

54%

2013-14
Female

APL/BPL Distribution

Male

2014-15

Female

Male

Total

Caste Distribution
Religious Distribution

ST; 2% General; 15%

SC; 16%
Other; 3%

54%

25%

0% 13%

62%

46%

APL

12,142

OBC; 63%
BPL

Christian

Hindu

Islam

Others

ASAP MAIN PROGRAM: July 20,

2015

MIS data: Enrolment in Top 10 Courses

Course

Females

Course

Males

Certificate in Accounting
Technicians

3,893
[18%]

Certification in PC Hardware and

Networking

2,934
[15%]

Global Business Foundation

Skill Course

1,668
[8%]

Certificate in Accounting
Technicians

1,750
[9%]

Certified Banking and Finance

Professional

1,367
[6%]

Plumbing Apprentice Programme

695
[4%]

Certification in PC Hardware
and Networking

1,163
[5%]

Certificate Course in Machinist

685
[4%]

Certificate Program in Banking

and Finance

819
[4%]

Certificate Course in Basic Level

Automation Technology

684
[4%]

Mutual Fund Agent

742
[3%]

Certificate in Food and

Beverages Service- Steward

655
[3%]

Certificate in BPO Non-Voice

711
[3%]

Certified Banking and Finance

Professional

603
[3%]

Certificate in Front Office

Operations

602
[3%]

Certificate Course in Plumbing

Apprentice Programme

525
[3%]

Dental Assistant Course

581
[3%]

Certificate Course in Field

Technician and AC

493
[3%]

Certificate Course in Retail

Sales Associate

546
[2%]

Global Business Foundation Skill

Course

486
[3%]

TOTAL
[% share of total female enrolment]

12,092
[55%]

TOTAL
[% share of total male enrolment]

55% of the female students and 50% of the male students are enrolled in the top 10 course

9,510
[50%]

COMMUNITY SKILL PARKS HUB & SPOKE

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ITI

SDC
SDC

VTI

CSP

SDC

HOTE
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SDC

SDC

POLYTE
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SDC

SDC

SEZ

SDC

SDC skill dev. center

SEZ special economic zone
VTI vocational training institute

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Additional Skills Acquisition Programme

Public-Private Partnerships: Proposed CSP Operational Features
Conceptual
Structure
Multi-Skill
Development
Centre
Centre of
Excellence
Industry Skill Park

Built up space
area for CSPs

15,000
20,000 sq. ft

Operational USPs
Circus tent modelled management
of equipment and facilities
Time-sharing approach first of its kind
in India
24 x 7 Operating model managed by
Facility Management Partner
Four-Quadrant Facility Arrangement
(i) Information Technology; (ii) Precision
Engineering; (iii) Heavy Machinery; and (iv)
Activity-based Training Area

140 SDCs
1 in each of
the legislative
assembly
constituency

ADB
Supporte
d

Proposed to
be set up in
the State by
2018

35 CSPs

Proposed PPP Model:

Time-offer based
competitive bidding
(max. peak/ off-peak
time offer to ASAP)
Non-Cash Contractual
Arrangement: with time
buy-back feature

ADDITIONAL SKILL ACQUISITION

PROGRAMME (ASAP)

Additional Skills Acquisition Programme

Way Forward: with enhanced Public-Private Partnership prospects

Community Skill
Parks

Progression in
Learning Levels

Multi-skill Development Centres

Centres of Excellence
Community Colleges
Vocational Universities (enhanced hub & spoke operating models)
Production-linked Industry Training Centres

Industry-engaged work-based learning programme (sandwich)

Advanced skilling and certification (NSQF Level 5 & above), linked to
national and international centres of higher learning
Multi-disciplinary learning and research through partnerships with
centres of learning & research excellence

Life Long
Learning

Integration of skilling into mainstream education (School Education

& Higher Education)
Re-skilling and Upskilling through blended & flexi-learning models
Virtual learning, assessment and certification

ADDITIONAL SKILL ACQUISITION

PROGRAMME (ASAP)

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