1. Background:
It has been estimated that more than one crore youth in the age
group of 15 - 35 years will enter the job market every year for the next 15
years in India. A major part of the job seekers are drop outs, matriculates,
graduates and post graduates. Their employability is low due to lack of
both soft skills (communication English language) and technical skills.
Studies done by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) showed that
by 2015, manufacturing and service sector activities like Pharmaceuticals,
Bio-technology, Construction, Textiles, Health care, Tourism, Retail
management etc., will require 70 to 80 lakh workers in Andhra Pradesh
alone, of which about 30 to 35 lakh will be in the unskilled category and
the remaining in the skilled category.
A large labour force without skill and industry grappling with dearth of
labour is a paradox that we are facing today. Such a mass of unemployed
youth with no/poor employable skills will have a long term negative
impact on the social stability
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