CSR and Inclusive Growth: Making a Difference in Education and Employability

1. CSR and Inclusive Growth:Making a Difference in Education and Employability Manisha Date

2. Objectives • To identify the gaps in Educational Attainment and Employability • To study various CSR initiatives that work towards bridging these gaps • To draw common lessons from the case studies

4. Scope of the Study

5. Photos from ASER 2010

6. Educational Attainment

7. Areas of Concern

8. The Global Competitiveness Report 2011, World Economic Forum • India’s Overall Rank – 51/139 • Best Rank : Market Size - 4 • Worst Rank: Health and primary education – 104 • Other ranks: • Higher education and training - 85 • Labor market efficiency – 92

9. WEF: Talent Mobility Report Challenges in India: Co-existence of High Unemployment and Talent shortage Increasing the quality of the Indian labour force Extremely polarized perceptions of professions Low level of employability Unequal participation in workforce and wealth

10. Demographic Dividend ???

11. CSR in India: Times Foundation Survey • 90% of the companies have CSR initiatives • 56 % of the companies cover people living nearby • The major thrust areas are • Education (82 per cent), • Health (77 per cent), • Environment (66 per cent), • Livelihood Promotion (57 per cent)

12. Notable Initiatives

13. IT sector TCS: Partnership with Engineering colleges Indo-US collaboration for engineering education:“Train the Trainer” model to improve the quality of senior faculty members Infosys: SPARK , a programme that aims at providing hands-on experience in IT to high school and engineering students

14. Banking Sector • ICICI Foundation: ‘ICICI Elementary Education’ • Improving Teacher Performance • Curriculum and textbook development • Capacity building of government institutions  • Building partnerships and resource centers • Standard Chartered Bank: GOAL • Empower young women for personal and economic development • Through training in Sports and Life skills

15. Other Examples Pratham Future Innoversity National Innovation Foundation Honey Bee Network, Gian, Srishti Rural Relations

16. Main Findings • Millennium Development Goals: Education Targets achieved • SSA and RTE: Targets achieved • All international comparisons: India in the Lowest Achievement Group

17. Main Findings • Mismatch between demand and supply of human resources • Shortage of skilled workers across industries. • Quality of Education ‘from KG to PG’ is a major concern. • Various CSR initiatives towards Education, Skill development and Employability

18. Conclusions • Government initiatives and the CSR activities of the private sector are not enough to bridge the gaps in Educational Attainment and Employability. • More needs to be done: more coordinated and concerted effort is required. • Inclusive Growth needs a more inclusive effort, i.e. participation of all sectors and every individual

19. Suggestions

20. 1. Corporate- Colleges Partnership • Funds for specific projects that enhance learning • Training students in specific skills to enhance employability • Designing and revising the syllabus in order to make it more practical and contemporary • Placement assistance • Mentoring

21. 2. College-Schools Partnership All college students should be required to put in certain number of hours towards betterment of primary education. Colleges can adopt schools and work with them. Students should be encouraged to take up live projects and summer placement in these schools.

22. 3. Public-Private-People Partnership • Active role to be played by the beneficiaries in decision making and operational aspects of a CSR project • Involvement of community • Awareness about the issue • Active participation by all citizens • Real Empowerment with Dignity

23. 4. Network of Industry Experts, Academicians and Government 5. Informal Sector, MSMEs to be brought in mainstream 6. Innovative Indigenous Solutions 7. Consolidation of Efforts: Making the process more inclusive

24. Vision Compassion Professionalism

25. Thank You!