Hindustan Zinc providing Vocational
Training to 500 rural youths…
10th Pass Raju Kumawat
is son of a poor farmer from Chokdi village of Rajsamand District. Being the
eldest son, he had the responsibility of feeding the family of 6 people. Raju
dropped out from the school and started earning for the livelihood. But due to lack
of education or any training, he could not earn substantially. He came to know
about professional training program being conducted by Hindustan Zinc at Debari
in District Udaipur. He approached the company and was enrolled for training
program in mining and drilling. Under the 3 months training
program, Raju not only gained technical proficiency but also saw change in his personality.
He is more confident person today and could converse efficiently.
Instantly, through campus
placements post training program, Raju was employed with a salary of about Rs.
4,000/- pm. With time Raju progressed
and is now earning Rs 12000/- pm.
There are 500 youths of rural
Rajasthan from Udaipur, Bhilwara, Ajmer and Chittorgarh who are getting vocational/job
oriented training from Hindustan Zinc run Vocational Training Program, in partnership
with the NGO Sankalp for school drop-outs and unemployed rural youth. Most
of these youths could not finish their formal education due to various reasons.
The duration of each course is of 90 days.
The company will be spending
Rs. 80 lakhs in one year to train these youths.
While keeping in mind
the background of the students who are mostly from rural areas, the training
material in various fields like mining,
welding, drilling, electrician, cutting, helpers, tailoring, embroidery,
hospitality, to name a few, has been designed in such a way that it can
be easily grasped by these students.
Equal emphasis has been given on class room lectures and practical
exposures to the students for enabling them to develop a better understanding
of the module. Since the entire course is residential, it grooms the
beneficiaries in various aspects like - team effort, discipline and overall
personality development, which would further help in securing sustainable
livelihood in future.
For the benefit of these
youths, Hindustan Zinc has also made a provision for free boarding and lodging
facilities for the trainees. The cost to be incurred by company per
trainee is estimated to be Rs. 15,700/-.
The training is market driven
and various fields of training have been decided on the basis of market demand
of skilled people and are expected to give ample opportunities to these
candidates. The program also has provision to add new training activities as
per changing market scenario.
Anees from Zawar Mines, one of
the two sons of small cashier at co-operative shop, is another successful
example of the said training program. He was never interested in studies and
soon dropped-out from the school. Engaged in doing nothing, Anees daily routine
stood hanging around with his friends and sitting at a tea stall without any
hope.
Anees situation was a matter of
concern for his father who then decided to register his name for the training
program when Hindustan Zinc team approached him.
Initially, at the centre, he was
the most mischievous student but soon started taking interest due to interactive
training methodology. He showed keen interest in learning computers. Anees was also benefited by the soft skills
and personality development sessions. In short duration of 3 months, he not
only learnt MS Office but also the design softwares like Photoshop, CorelDraw
and Tally. Anees is today working as a Marketing Executive in Udaipur and
earning Rs. 10,000 pm.
Similarly, Rahul from a farmer’s
family in Chittorgarh is an 8th pass student. Relying merely on
Agriculture was not fulfilling the day to day demands of his family. But when
he came to know about the vocational training program being conducted by
Hindustan Zinc, he was quick to register himself for the training program.
After getting knowledge about training modules, he chose welding sector. After
3 months of training, Rahul is now employed and is earning Rs 15,000 pm.
With the boys, even the girls are
getting benefited from the program. One such girl is Kusum Rathore, a 10th
pass student from Udaipur. She is from a middle class family and her father working
in Indian Railways is the only earning member in the family. When she came to
know about the training program, she too decided to enroll for the program. But
Kusum found it difficult to convince her parents and other family members. A
team from Hindustan Zinc than approached her parents and convinced them for the
training program. Kusum had keen interest in computers and thus she chose
computers as her training area.
Kusum is also employed and earning a salary of
about Rs.5000/- pm. She has become a big support to the family and is also able
to continue her studies.
Organizing training programs in
rural India has never been easy. The unemployed youth find it easy to spend time
in effortless things and are not inclined to undertake vocational training for
employment. Further, for girls, it is not easy to convince family, as they find
difficult to send the daughters for daily attendance or if residential program,
for letting her stay away from the family.
But tiring efforts from the company, Hindustan Zinc and quality of
training program has shown remarkable results in not only engaging with these
unemployed youths but also giving them direction and focus in life.
