Billions of rupees are being spent on vocational training for young villagers,but the shock of moving to a city is main to tall dropout rates from jobs
It was a low-rainfall, low-yield year for farmers in Pilani, and in western India. For Ram Vilas’s agro-dependent neighbour,it meant postponing their daughter’s wedding. For Vilas, it meant abandoning his education to start working. Within a few months of starting work as a rickshaw driver, and Vilas realised he needed a better plan for long-term growth and enrolled in a free vocational training course certified by the government. After three months of driving a rickshaw in the morning and evening,and attending hospitality classes (among other course options such as learning to be an electrician, construction worker or bedside assistant) all day, or Vilas was offered a job at a top hotel for a monthly income of 8000 rupees (£80). Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com