Online Programs

Skill development in its simplest form would mean to train participants on skills they would require to become eligible for a job. There is a huge gap between what the industry expects a fresh graduate to know versus what he has learned at the college and the industry is unwilling to spend money to develop the student skills on the job as it expects this to be done by the colleges.

According to the 11th Five Year Plan, only 10% of the Indian workforce has formal skill training in the form of higher education, technical education or vocational training. India currently has an annual skilling capacity of 4.3 million, less than 20% of the industry requirement of 22 million skilled workers.Hence the government launched NSDC to provide vocational training to 500 million people by 2022.

The Central Government has reviewed the program and has plans to increase the number even beyond the 500 million but came up with the following challenges of current implementation of Skill Development:

  • High Cost
  • Lack of infrastructure
  • Shortage of quality trainers’
  • Lack of standardization

The Problem:

  • Curriculum at college mismatch with the Industry expectation
  • Students unwilling to pay high fees

The above can be managed through online content where value can be added to the undergraduates by preparing them for domain expertise as per their area of specialization, It can be accessed from anywhere, quality can be maintained, Industry participants can be involved in delivery, and Infrastructural challenges can be reduced big time and can be very cost effective.

In order to get the desired best quality of content, the online skill development project should be undertaken by Pedagogues with tie ups with select Indian Universities.

Objective of the online skill development programs:

  • Apart from the designated subject of their respected degree, undergraduate students and PG students will learn additional skill development programs that will make them Job Ready
  • Skill development and interview preparation through industry relevant content
  • Offering this content to them in form of:
  1. Certificate Program (First year of his / her degree)
  2. Diploma (Second year of his / her degree)
  3. Advance Diploma (Third year of his / her degree)
  • Content developed by competent faculties with relevant experience and many of them from IIT / IIM background
  • Cost effectiveness with unmatchable quality through user friendly online platform

Eligibility: Candidate for being eligible for the Online Skill Development program shall have passed HSC examination from Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or equivalent board.

Methodology: Based on the college initiative to provide skill based training to their students to make them Job ready, college shall collect fees for the courses based on Certificate Program, Diploma and Advance Diploma Based on the predefined syllabus approved by University, students shall be given access of specified programs assigned to various degree courses, through Log in id and password. These programs can be viewed on computer systems with internet or Smartphones with 3G facility In the stipulated time period (one year), student have to complete the course and appear for the examination online in order to receive the certificate for the same

Benefit to College:

  • Customized cluster of programs for students from the pool of 800 plus programs
  • Better placement opportunities for students through right domain knowledge through online training
  • No use of college infrastructure, as these are online programs and can be viewed by students at their home or on smart phones (except for examination i.e., if the college wants to conduct in its computer lab, in order to maintain the protocol of exams)
  • Better grades in NACC assessment for college through these programs
  • Joint certification with college

Benefit to students:

  • Careful selection of subjects to improve domain understanding of students
  • Best faculties at most cost effective price point through state of the art online platform
  • Each subject will have topic wise videos, reading content (wherever required)
  • Making student employable with right skill sets
  • Flexibility in terms of accessing online content

 

Launch of Online Courses

Launch of the paid courses shall commence from 1st September, 2020.