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Academic Adoption – A program “Educate to Employ”
India holds an important place in the global education industry. On the other hand, there are many students who hold back their educational aspirations due to lack of financial assistance. Many potential bright careers are nipped in the bud owing to the lack of funds.
By 2030, India will be amongst the youngest nations in the world, with nearly 140 million people in the college-going age group.
Despite a robust education system, it is likely that India will struggle to meet the demand of skilled workforce. Pivotal to the discussion is the paradox that a significantly large number of graduates are unemployed or under-employed along with an acute shortage of skilled workers in the knowledge-intensive industry.
There is a huge scope of improvement in the education space. One major reason behind this is lack of financial assistance. There are corporates who want to reach out to such students in need but there is a huge gap.
Many supports as scholarship based on the merits of students. Many a time beyond the merits of students, family situations force the students for not able to pursue their aspirational goals.
Although private, urban schools in India were better adapted to new circumstances, government schools have struggled to transition from traditional in-person learning to an online ecosystem, especially in rural India. The challenges faced by the Indian education system were amplified during the pandemic and include A divide based on technology and access.
Uninterrupted education relies on the availability of and access to digital infrastructure including the Internet, laptops and phones. While students in urban schools tend to have better access than those in rural schools, inequalities across class and gender still impact who can and can’t use these tools. What’s more, access issues are further compounded by other constraints such as unreliable electricity supplies, home environments and study spaces, etc.
The response to the coronavirus has demonstrated how technology can help transform how we teach and learn. But the push for change started long before the pandemic struck, and it will go on long after the threat subsides. For years, policymakers have been exploring new transformative approaches to K-12 education that go far beyond just online lessons at home.
Vama has a strong belief that “Education is the only way to end generational poverty”. Every child we educate, is one family rescued from generational poverty.
At VAMA, we strongly believe that the future of our society depends on the younger generation. Their development starts right from basic education. Poverty, the predominant factor, is still a bottle neck for the young generation in pursuing their studies.
In addition to a sponsorship support in a small way, VAMA believes to focus on academic adoption model. Under this, deserving students from the rural are selected and adopted for pursuing their education until they shine in their life.
Youth welfare has always been a priority of VAMA Trust under this program. VAMA has taken various efforts at a regional level to promote youth’s health, education, and socio-cultural interests, by providing computer training & helping youth to pursue for professional courses. An action plan is out as a skill development program to provide training to the underprivileged youth at VAMA, so that beneficiaries can pursue their dream courses.
Supporting education and imparting training to underprivileged youth is to ensure sustainable economic and social development.
Vama is keen to make a positive impact on the life of some of the rural students who are identified through its Digital Facilitation Centre program, Academic Adoption, Youth Empowerment Programs and recent Summer Camp program and their success stories have been heartening. This is only a testament to the difference the gift of education can make in a person’s life.
Focus will be more on practice as it is more important in the case of Maths and English while social science, History etc can be learnt with the support of videos.
In the Digital Liabrary, Vama’s focused team would support for:-
Teachers to ensure students feel inspired, safe, valued, able to learn in way previously not possible.
New learning tools are able to adjust to the needs of individual students without instructions/ without intervention (learning apps).
It created a technology friendly learning environment with eboards, smart class rooms, digital teaching equipment such as AV screen, projectors etc.
Our focus is
Below is the program outline. It is our base for planning. We will start with one area to focus – Digital Literacy with English Language improvement. After some time, we will plan to add additional curriculum and it will be our endeavour for the next three years to bring cultural change in our place.
We have set up two Digital Learning Centres one at Mannarkoil, Tiruneveli District and another at Sivasailam, Tenkasi District. With the success of these two centres, we propose to extend our support to more villages like Papakudi, Mukkudal, V.K. Puram, Kallidaikurichi and Alwarkurichi and Vallanadu, Tuticorin.
With the blessings of our donors and trustees, the classes at Digital Facilitation Centre, Mannarkoil and Sivasailam are conducted successfully for the last 120 days.
The classes are happening regularly and the students are supported with evening classes between 4.30 P.M. to 8.00 P.M.
Around 28 students of 9th Grade and 22 students of 10th Grade from the local Government school are regularly benefited at Mannarkoil centre and around 22 students of 9th Grade and 16 students of 10th Grade at Sivasailam Centre. They are supported for their computer skills, enhancement of their English knowledge, support to revive and revise their Maths. Now for maths classes in addition to our Government School, students from another School also joined and the number of IX students increased to 41 at Mannarkoil.
Classes are organised in such a way that it is 30% learning and 70% practicing. We also arrange to support their evening snacks and refreshments to enable them to concentrate rightly on their studies.
Apart from the above, as the school has mandated to have one study hour everyday from 4.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. for 9th standard, our teachers have volunteered to be in the school from 4.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M. to support students. We have also offered to provide the refreshments to all the students in Class XI and X in the school. We have also planned to extend half-an-hour till 8.30 p.m. for maths students as the number of students has increased in Class IX and planned to use the place in the upstairs.
We are happy to inform you that with a little support from us the students could make a good difference in their quarterly exams. Five of them secured above 90 marks in Maths. On the request of the teachers, we now also requested our team to help students to spend some time on other subjects like Tamil, Science and History & Geography. It will help the students to secure good marks holistically.
We had a meeting with parents of the students of Tenth and Ninth yesterday at our centre. 8 Mothers and 1 father of the children were present and discussed. We shared the purpose of our centre to enable the children to rightly focus on their education and counselling the students to opt Group and school/colleges not as per just their wish but based on their understanding of their real interest.
We are in the process of identifying agency for the Counselling, Mentoring, Training, Additional Language and Fitness requirements for the children to develop holistically. Lot of effort is required to equip the children. We are blessed to have our team who are dedicated and more children friendly.
The trust organised sessions in colleges for a substance free, whether it is habitual or occasional in the student community. There was overwhelming support from the colleges. More than 200 students from each college – Sri Paramakalyani College, Alwarkurichi and Thiruvalluvar College, Papanasam participated. They had an amazing experience and take away was very good. Colleges requested to have this program in a sustainable way and at least on a monthly basis.
Understanding that the technology-based learning is the order of the day and Learning is no more a straight path. It is not a royal highway with many deviations leading to the success destination. It is evident that in today’s world, there is hardly any job or a career that does not require any usage of technical jargon or technological stuff. A kid who can operate a PC easily today could perform better during his days of becoming a Software Engineer, or a child who grows up looking at better educational AV visuals turns out to be a great dreamer. Technology gives wings for their imagination and prepares them for an obvious tomorrow which includes the compulsion of using smart gadgets.
With individualized testing using technology becoming the norm, proctoring tools will supplement traditional investigation of exams as students access tests remotely. Personalised adopt learning to be focused to ensure credible learning.
Basic English is not understood. The stakeholders NGOs and Edutech Players push digital learning but NGOs can only teach students but not parents and Edutech players need to focus on how to teach parent. Further, the role of the parent to know how is the child learning and what is the child learning. There is a nigh need for assessing the level of knowledge with the age of the child. For example a 12 years old child should be assessed based on the level of knowledge required for that age.
Vama will set up Digital Library in Villages with fixed no.of devices for enabling rural children to learn digitally.
60/120 minutes training through edutech partners to complement the class room learning.
To give the training on computers to all-village school and college students, dropout children, housewives, middle-aged women, and those who are willing to get the computer knowledge that will be useful for their day-to-day lives and employment support.
Mrs. Subbulakshmi and Miss Sugabharathi mother and daughter are both coming to our place and getting training. Mrs. Subbulakshmi completed 12th grade, and she lost her husband six years ago. She is struggling for her survival and taking care of two girl children. When she approached the local shop and office for employment, they demanded computer knowledge for all basic-level work. So that she wanted to join and get training for her employment. Her daughter has dropped out of college studies during the first year since her mother faced financial problems with her education. Now she is also getting training to search for local employment for her bright future.
Career Architect Program for 8 – 12 Grade:
Vama engaged with Bodhi Academic Consulting, Coimbatore and All Career Guru (ACG), Chennai for counselling, mentoring the children.
The Program covers:
Plan for Bodhi Resource Hub Career Architects
a) Career Counselling- M.I, Learning Pattern, Skill Identification, Individual Counselling and Career guidance.
Profiling- Anybody above 5years (Identifying Inborn Potential, Gardener’s Multiple Intelligence, Career Guidance)
Two Types of Reports: Basic and Life Requirements: Laptop, Biometric Scanner, Normal Scanner, Laser and Colour Printer and Software License
Team from Bodhi & ACG conducted in person counselling of around 25 Students from Mannarkovil & 32 Students at Avvai Ashramam. Also they performed DMIT (Dermatoglyphics Test) for some students. Based on the reports regular follow ups would be made.
b) LD Identification and Counselling.
Language Mastery: English: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking
Requirements: Reading Cards, Computers, Black Board, Copier Machine and Work sheets Tamil: R, W, L, S Requirements: Black Board, Copier Machine and Work sheets Hindi and Sanskrit
Requirements: Black Board, Copier Machine and Work sheets
c) Vedic math
Vedic Math and Math Lab: Mastery over Math Requirements: Black Board, Copier Machine and Work sheets and Math Lab Kit
d) Fun Science workshop
Fun Science: workshop on practical usage of Science Requirements: Black Board and Work sheets Counselling: Personal and Career Counselling Requirements: Closed room
e) SMILE- Stress Management in Life Everyday-Course material will be given
f) Parenting workshops
g) MI Games and
21st century skill sets
21st Century Skill Sets: Listener, Critical thinker, Problem solver, Good communicator, Good collaborator, Information and technology literate, Flexible and adaptable, Innovative and creative, Globally competent, Environmentally literate Requirements: Study Materials and Tools
It is well known that, in India, a student’s ability to crack competitive exams disproportionately affects their access to the best colleges and the most sought-after jobs in the country.
Students from low-income backgrounds are at a disadvantage from the start. Challenging home environments, under-resourced schools, the lack of funds to enroll in coaching institutes and the absence of mentors who can guide them all play a role. A failure to address these challenges ensures that inequity and lack of representation will persist, inhibiting the development and economic growth of India.
Such myths to be broken as
One’s dedication and hard work are all that really matters when preparing for such exams. A student whose performance is average can also crack these exams if they stay motivated.
Every student has different ways to study and prepare. There are some students who can study for 2-3 hours and clear the exam while there are some who might study all day for the same.
While going to a good coaching institute is beneficial, self-study also matters a lot.
Competition is tough in India. Be it a job, a reputable degree, a degree from a good institution. To get the opportunity of your dreams, you need to appear for competitive exams.
One should focus more on solving sample papers and mock tests as they give you a better understanding of the exam.
The number of hours you study do not count when you are preparing for the competitive exams. As long as you stay 100% focused on your study, cracking competitive exams won’t require extensive study schedules.
Even if the coaching institute is good enough still you will have to take out time to study and work hard on your preparation then nothing can stop you from cracking competitive exams.
Different books by different authors will only confuse you. One should study from some of the main books like NCERT and use just one or two books for reference.
Educational Qualifications: A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a University recognised by the Govt. Of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. The candidate must possess valid Mark- sheet / Degree Certificate that he/ she is a graduate on the day he / she registers and indicate the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while registering online.
Some of the success stories
Akand Sitra
A bright student who had just graduated from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM), Akand was confident he would crack the Civil Services Exam (CSE) and pursue his dream career.
But, year after year, he kept missing the mark. He took the CSE in 2013, 2014 and then 2015, but failed at them by a thin margin, every single time.
However, the repeated failures were not enough to curb the spirits of this 27-year-old.
“I have taken many exams in the past few years. Much like life, you pass in some and fail in others. But there is always something to learn. For me, it was the realization that the objective is not to crack the test as it is just the first step-a qualifier. It is to achieve what’s beyond it: passion and a career milestone. So the focus should be there, as only one path doesn’t need to lead to it. There are many other ways,” says Akand, in conversation with The Better India (TBI).
It was during his preparations that he discovered Quora, where he would write answers to subjective queries around the test, opinion pieces and GK-related topics. His answers gained popularity, and in 4 years, amidst several ups and downs, he rose to become a Quora celebrity, who has answered more than 300 questions and has almost 60,000 subscribers today.
Despite failures, he never gave up and finally in 2015 cracked the Intelligence Bureau (IB) recruitment with flying colours landing himself the position of an Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO) by 2016.
Poonam Todi
Life was never meant to be easy for Poonam Todi, but she chose to confront every obstacle head-on, with confidence and grace.
However, more than her success, what makes her story extraordinary are her failures and the courage she showed while overcoming them.
She attempted the much-coveted Uttarakhand Provincial Civil Services (Judicial) exam in 2016 and 2017 but failed to qualify beyond the interview round each time. This, however, did not deter her confidence and she worked twice as hard for her third attempt, where she finally cracked the Uttarakhand Provincial Civil Services (Judicial) exam in 2018 and became the all-state topper.
“Although I pursued commerce after class XII, I was always drawn to law. Having seen struggle and hardships from close quarters, I wanted to help those who are economically backwards so that they are not deprived of justice,” Poonam told a national daily.
After completing her masters in commerce and getting an LLB degree from DAV PG College, she is currently enrolled in the LLM programme at Tehri.
Ankita
For this young woman from Mumbai, every roadblock was an opportunity to overcome and excel- a path that took her closer to her dream of becoming a pilot. But, like all extraordinary journeys, hers was not an easy one.
Born in a middle-class family, her dream of becoming a pilot was rather expensive, whereby the course she wanted to pursue cost Rs 25 lakh. Despite that, they managed to send her to the US to pursue the course with the help of a loan. But, after training getting a job was the second hurdle.
For two long years, she remained unemployed fighting every single day to maintain her confidence.
“For two years, I sat at home, feeling like a burden. My relatives made it even more difficult for my parents with taunts like ‘you spent too much on a girl’s education’, and ‘you should’ve made her a doctor.’ After a point, I started believing it too. This was a low phase, but I couldn’t bear to stay at home, so I applied for any position — I tried four times for the air hostess post and failed. The Secret (a self-help book) got me through this — I kept visualising, and on my fifth attempt, I got through!” she says.
In the next few years, she continued to work hard for her dream and moved from being an air hostess to ground staff. From working 15 hours a day to studying in trains, buses, washrooms and even during meals, she gave it her all only because she wanted to see herself in a pilot’s uniform.
After seven years of the constant struggle to become a pilot, she gave the commercial pilot entrance exam and to her delight, aced it and secured a full scholarship worth Rs 20 lakh for pilot training.
“How did I get through it? It’s simple — as pilots, our major training is for emergencies. When everything goes wrong; when the engine fails, what will we do to land safely? In the same way, when everything was crashing around me, I just said to myself — I AM going to land safely, I just need to calmly think of how I’ll do it — and I did it!” says Ankita, reverberating the same principle that has motivated many more to keep at it.
Vama focuses to facilitate rural students to use Digital Facilitation Centre to understand the competitive exams schedule and guide for preparation. Experts and other online classes are made available for the rural youth to prepare for Competitive exams.
Just around the time college students adjust to the changes they faced entering higher education, it is time to graduate and move on to an entirely new set of concerns. While the long-term goal for most college students involves productive employment following school, the prospects of turning the page on higher education and entering the workforce is intimidating for many graduates.
Even the most prepared graduates face ever-changing employment conditions, so the key to navigating the complex waters of entry-level employment is to remain flexible. Transitioning from high school home life to independent college living presents surmountable challenges, which dedicated students can overcome. Similarly, moving into professional roles can also be accomplished by staying open to change and embracing opportunities.
A number of factors influence the post-graduation experience for students moving to the workforce, so each case is unique. There are universal hurdles in store for graduates though, regardless of their grades, academic majors or schools of attendance.
Today’s graduates are likely to be influenced by the following challenges:
Impact of COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic that has swept the globe is perhaps going to be recorded in history as the most impactful and consequential event of this century. It has stretched the capacities of governance, public health infrastructure and social administration of affected nations to their limits. At the same time, the lockdown enforced to prevent the spread has brought economies to the ground and jeopardised the job prospects of many.
With unemployment soaring during these tough times, recent graduates waiting in the wings and looking for their first job feel marooned.
According to the All India Survey of Higher Education by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, India saw 32.9 lakh students graduate from the Arts, Commerce, Science and Humanities streams in 2019. Engineering and MBA graduates accounted for around 16 lakh graduates last year, and the numbers may be expected to be comparable for 2021. In an already bleak job market with growing unemployment rates, a majority of these graduates are likely to find it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to secure employment. COVID-19 has not only altered our ways of life radically in the present, it has also thrown the future of lakhs into question.
Lagging Career Opportunities
Unfortunately, college diplomas are not automatic tickets to the career fast track. On the contrary, the job market is highly competitive. Graduates suffer during lean periods in the economic cycle, because the job market is often flooded with qualified job-seekers possessing higher levels of experience than recent graduates. And unfortunately, gaining valuable experience is equally difficult during economic slowdowns, because internships and other paid training opportunities are less widespread.
Excessive Demands
Hard work is an ingredient in every recipe for success, but today’s highly competitive work environment doesn’t always account for obligations beyond the workplace. As a result, new graduates sometimes face unrealistic expectations from employers demanding long hours and mentally demanding output. Paying your dues is a valuable part of the mobility curve, but good health and balanced existence are reasonable expectations—even for entry-level employees.
Successful graduates remain flexible and open to adjusting their career trajectory. Even the best plans don’t always lead to immediate post-graduate success, so perseverance and adaptability help new graduates navigate the ever-changing job market.
Corporate’s look outs:
What can students do to beat the gloom in the job market?
Understanding the current condition of the students in the Colleges during this pandemic situation, VAMA Charitable Trust intends to impart a rigorous training program for the final year students in two or more colleges who are running the institution with a moto to serve the underprivileged rural population.
Focus will be more on practice as it is more important for equipping the students capable to compete with other A Grade college.
Vama’s focused team would support for:-
Syllabus completion
Regular assessments
Assignments
Doubt clearing sessions
Regular contact with parents to motivate them to coach their children
Taking constant feedback
Conducting of psychometric tests
Counselling sessions
One on one coaching to upkeep of mental health of students.
Learning outcomes
Target Audience
Any Degree with passion for continuous learning, love for numbers and storytelling, technology driven, and futuristic leaders.
A commerce student after clearing his/ her 12th examination often sustains a dilemma regarding the best course of action to be followed thereafter. This is a natural process during which a person desires to explore all of the plausible alternatives before him, before embarking on his/ her career journey.
For a commerce graduate, this confusion amplifies owing to the numerous reputable options available to him in the field of finance and accountancy. Today, the students have a wide array of alternatives when it comes to selecting a career option.
Post technology evolution such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) etc, the entry level job for the freshers and particularly for accountants become challenge.
Professional courses
Chartered Accountants (CA), Company Secretary (CS), Cost and Management Accountant (CMA) are the three very popular courses in the commerce field. All these are professional courses, being offered by top-tier reputed institutions enacted by the Parliament of India.
CA, CS and CMA are all highly qualified and respected professionals in the field of finance and accounting. They each have their own unique roles and responsibilities, but all play an important and irreplaceable role in the business world.
CA, CS and CMA are irreplaceable assets to the business world. Their skills and expertise are essential for ensuring compliance, growth, and success. They bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table, and their contributions are invaluable for any business looking to succeed in today’s competitive environment.
All three of these professionals bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table, and their skills and expertise are essential for the success of any business. They help to ensure that a business is operating in compliance with all relevant laws and regulations, and they also provide valuable insights and advice that can help a business to grow and succeed.
In addition to this, CA, CS and CMA also play a key role in the overall development of the economy and the financial sector. They are responsible for maintaining the highest standards of professional conduct and ethics, and they also play an active role in shaping the future of the accounting and finance profession. In conclusion, CA, CS and CMA are irreplaceable assets to the business world. Their skills and expertise are essential for ensuring compliance, growth, and success. They bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table, and their contributions are invaluable for any business looking to succeed in today’s competitive environment.
Constraints for rural graduates/ students: –
In the Tenkeasi and Tirunelveli district, around 100 Arts and Science colleges are there and in and around Sivasailam there are 14 Arts and Science Colleges. While Colleges like Sree Paramakalyani College, Alwarkurichi, Thiruvalluvar College of Arts and Science, Papanasam, Ambai Arts & Science College, Ambasamudram, Sree Parasakthi College, Courtalam and many more are run by good management and enables rural youth to get graduated in various discipline. Students in the last decade opted more for computer science. Commerce group has been the last choice and with least marks option. While many are good at their basic learning at 12th standard level in Commerce Group, during their graduation their interest is to get the degree to enable them to appear for Group Exams (Competitive Exams).
In several colleges students are not aware of the Professional courses and the current challenge in getting entry level jobs at corporate due to technology development. Some colleges support for awareness cum training in professional courses but very small percentage of the students participate due limitation in trainers and success rate.
Some aspirants go and attend weekend classes conducted in the commercial institutions in Tirunelveli or Tenkasi. We understood from those students that they completely got exhausted in their travelling to these institutions as they are 40 -50 kms away from their places. There are some students have cleared their Entrance exams but could not continue due to distance and also non availability of coaching.
VAMA Charitable Trust organized training for professional courses including Chartered Accountant/ Company Secretary/ Cost and Management Accountant at Sailam.
For those who are aspiring to become a professional and find difficult to pursue such course, Vama Trust supports through its educational support for the rural students.
Career guidance and coaching for Professional courses started and the first batch students are facilitated with coaching and materials to equip themselves to appear for FOUNDATION courses.
In July, post completing their final year exams, students from colleges will start the preparation for EXECUTIVE level exams.
Fast-growth entrepreneurial ventures are essential for prosperity and social progress. Entrepreneurs create value by seizing opportunities, assuming risks, solving problems and taking action. They take risks in creating and commercialising innovative technologies in ways that larger businesses are unable to. Sometimes these technologies open completely new markets, transforming industries.
Small businesses can be agile early movers in adapting to new trends and responding to crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. They can pivot quickly to take advantage of opportunities or when their growth is slowing. Their early years of rapid growth can provide excellent returns to venture capital and the capital markets.
There are growing concerns over a slowdown in entrepreneurial activity at the world’s universities. Entrepreneurship must be encouraged and facilitated. Colleges can get this vital area back on track.
Succeeding in college doesn’t just mean sitting in class, taking notes and doing well on exams. Possessing certain skills will help your student be successful in all aspects of college — inside and outside the classroom. Take a look at this list of skills your student should start developing in preparation for college.
Developing the following skills will be crucial for students to navigate college and being part of the workforce.
While entrepreneurial ventures are essential, the biggest constraint for such ventures in the student community is the lack of knowledge and financial support. Moreover, now a days corporates encourage their employees who are having intrapreneurial skills. For intrapreneurial approach, there is no requirement of resources as they are encouraged to use the existing resources. Further, such intrapreneurial employees are rewarded and recognized well in the organization.
Considering the requirements for the students, Vama Charitable Trust as part of its various Educational Projects, introduces “INTRAPRENEURIAL ADVENTURES FOR YOUTH”.
Such training will be held at its premises at SAILAM, Alwarkurichi to Sivasailam Road, Kalyanipuram, Sivasailam, Tenkasi District, Tamil Nadu.
Training Ideation for Prospective Data Analyst / Data Science / AI Professionals
Collection of data has gone to an unprecedented speed and scale which becomes an integral part of modern life. The term Big Data becomes a mantra for many businesses small or large, and there is huge demand for people who can bring Big Insight about the data (https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-20-fastest-growing-jobs-in-the-next-decade/) The demand equally requires capability building – well trained human resources in multi-disciplinary approach ranging from programming skill to communication or story telling skill. This necessitates the need to have a right blend of technical and problem facing skills, interaction ability in technical workspace, understanding the job/career market dynamics and preparing to adopt or change with a right blend of risk taking and decision making skills
However, Challenges are offering to think and provide more comprehensive and holistic training from Experts and Professionals
Empathy Map
Road Map and Trajectory
Road Map and Trajectory
Benefits and Possible Goal Setting
Major Analytics / Data Science Scope and Opportunities
Learning outcomes
Target Audience
Any Degree with passion for continuous learning, love for numbers and storytelling, technology driven, and futuristic leaders
Vocational training refers to instructional programs or courses that focus on the skills required for a particular job function or trade.
Vocational training prepares youths for specific careers, disregarding traditional, unrelated academic subjects which may be challenging depending on the type of disability.
Vocational training provides hand-on, job-specific instruction, and can lead to certification, a diploma or even an associate degree.
The objective of Vocational Training program –
2. Empowering youth with disabilities to find a suitable, safe and sustainable job.
3. Enabling local youth to find alternative job for their current harmful activities such as Beedi rolling, etc.
The primary purpose of this master document is to identify and describe the standard tasks and duties in each phase of set up of the model Vocational Centre; to promote the educational needs of rural youth who could not do well in their academics and school/ college dropped outs, Persons with Disabilities (‘PwD’) and achieving employability through a new source of skilling/ training.
Effective coordination and performance between students and trainers are vital to create a working model vocational center in the first year and exploit expansion options in the future years.
Our trust believes that Everyone is talented in one way or other and endeavours to provide opportunities to elders who still aspire to work beyond their age, thereby enabling them to pursue their passion.
Vama regularly strives to identify and recognize the talents of elders and create opportunities to showcase their various enthusiastic activities. It enables seniors to reenergize and deploy their talent and expertise for a social purpose.
We also arrange to connect elders with youth to transpire the olden days values. We adopt college students and upper grade school students academically and support through various training programs.
Vama Trust started to equip students above 10th grade and not much good at academic through skill training, Vama started using elders experience in culinary arts to enable youth to learn cooking.
One of the training courses proposed is to train youth in cooking and enable them to get self employed to earn post training by setting up small CAFÉ in the nearby schools/colleges. Approximately 50% will be for Specially abled children. (Hearing Impaired students of Shanthi School).
Ten students each of 2 batches is proposed during August’23 to March’24. 4-month course with two months hands on training.
During April – May 2023, our trust arranged Summer Camp for rural Government/ Government aided school students and conducted various activities with the support of elders. The objective of summer camp was to bring equity for Government and Government aided school with Management run schools and enabling students to spend their summer holidays fruitfully and equally with the benefit of management school students was the outcome of the program.
It was a meaningful event to benefit both students and elders. As a next step, Vama is in the process of discussion on Outbound training in association with various schools to bring children to Sailam and engage with Elders in Vama’s Saturday Sangaman and Daily mid-day meal program.
A group of physical coordinator, event coordinator, event champs (6 – 11 &12 grade students), elders (20) and experts (2) – 30 members are planned to focus on 40 -50 students at Sivasailam. Four days weeklong residential camps for school children in which senior citizens attached to VAMA shall play the roles of grandparents is planned. Arts&Crafts, Computer Literacy, Financial Literacy, traditional cooking (culinary arts), traditional games and traditional values are taught.
Need for Traditional Games:
Humans are social beings. Humans cannot live alone in their daily lives and always need others even though they have position and wealth. Every human being tends to communicate, interact, and socialize with others. Humans need partners to develop a life and health for a decent humanity.
In today is technological era, the lack of physical exercise in daily life directly impacts children and adults.
Social development is important for children since it is the achievement of maturity in social relations or learning to adapt to norms, morals, and traditions of the group; and to unite, communicate, and work together.
Children's social skills can be developed through playing in the environment around the house.
Playing is an activity that is very familiar with children's lives. Cooperative games given to children indirectly stimulate children to communicate with peers and improve children's social behaviour, especially in self-control.
Social skills are an essential part of the growth and development of children. Children who lack social skills will be impacted in their social life, and children will tend to have less social interaction in their environment, which even leads to social isolation. Social skills possessed by children will help children interact and socialise with the surrounding social environment to foster a positive self-concept in children
The benefits of traditional games in shaping children’s characters are presented as follows:
There is an interaction between the traditional games type and ethnic/cultural background toward school students’ social skills.
Games are part of physical activity that is essential for children's overall growth and development. Optimizing the mastery of skills and attitudes can lead to healthier life behaviours, as well as facilitate cognitive and social development, physiological development, and neurological development. Traditional games involve not only physical activity but also psychological goals, a social sense, and a sense of wholeness. Traditional games can have a significant impact on children's psychological development, character, and social life.
Traditional games are also primarily played in groups, and children are usually able to hone their emotions in group games so that tolerance and empathy for others emerge because they are comfortable and used to being in groups. Social skills are required to initiate relationships or social behaviours that are important in meeting community expectations and maintain social relations and solve problems.
In India, many traditional games such as Pagade (mentioned even in the Mahabharata), Ali Guli Mane, Chowka Bara, Cowrie, Lagori, and Gilli Danda, have been played for time immemorial.
Some of these games are played indoors while others are outdoors.
Life has changed drastically with the information revolution, with a large part of learning moving online, even before the pandemic. The result is an entire generation of children and teenagers who are glued to screens, with many of them being out of touch with what’s happening in the outside world.
As consumerism has also increased, we get our kids more and more toys and gadgets, but after a point, nothing seems to please them. Despite having everything, they end up bored and restless, and we’re left wondering what else we can do for them.
Have you ever considered not doing anything?
Think about our own childhoods. We never had these fancy gadgets or expensive toys, yet we
found plenty of ways to stay occupied and were rarely bored. In fact, we were rarely home – we
were always outside, playing with our friends and neighbors!
Maybe that’s exactly what our kids need today – some plain simple fun with other children, without any costly equipment. And that’s why it’s a good idea to go back to our traditional Indian games, the ones we grew up with and which gave us special memories.
Think those games are too old fashioned for today’s young crowd? Think again! Here are some of the benefits of introducing your kids to traditional Indian games:
severely lacking
social skills
Now that you’re convinced, let’s look at traditional Indian games that today’s kids should know.
There are many more, but we chose the most common ones for now.
Ageing is an irreversible biological phenomenon and a universal process affecting every human being in the world. It has implications for physical and mental wellbeing, at the macro as well as at household level. This phenomenon is more evident in developed countries, but it is increasing more rapidly in developing countries like India, which has the second largest aged population in the world.
Increase in life span also results in chronic functional disabilities and consequent loss of autonomy, creating a need for assistance to manage simple chores. Senior Citizens possess vast & valuable experience in different walks of life, through which younger generations can gain more in all perspectives. After having served all through their life, they need to be taken care of and made to feel privileged & respected.
Elderly or old age consists of ages nearing or surpassing the average life span of human beings. The boundary of old age cannot be defined exactly because it does not have the same meaning in all societies. The Government of India adopted the ‘National Policy on Older Persons’ in January, 1999, which defines ‘senior citizen’ or ‘elderly’ as a person who is of age 60 years or above.
It is the study of the social, psychological, and biological aspects of aging. It focuses on physical, mental, and social changes in people as they grow old.
A person interested in this field can start his or her career by volunteering or working with NGOs or community service agencies to know more about this field and the people working in it.
Many private companies, healthcare agencies, old age homes and nursing homes look for specialists in this field.
While Vama organizes regular health camps and arranges visits to Sree Paramakalyani Hospital, Alwarkurichi and Health Centre at Avvai Ashram for physiotherapy support, there is a need for home based support to some of the elders who are sick or suffering from chronological diseases.
Vama is in the process of associating with some good Geri care institutions and arrange for training to rural youth.
Objective of the Project
The project has the following objectives in view:
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