The document outlines a vocational training pilot program at a juvenile development center. The program aims to provide vocational skills like electrical fitting, welding, painting, plumbing and masonry to juvenile residents. It details the scope, assumptions, goals and milestones of the program. Key milestones include developing infrastructure, recruiting faculty, identifying trades, designing curriculum and monitoring implementation. The document also lists responsibilities, reviews processes, contact details and risks to the program like limited time with residents and funding issues. It provides annexures with details of the program's budget, tools requirements, lesson plans and floor layout.

1. VOCATIONAL TRAINING PILOT
PROGRAM AT JUVENILE
DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (JDC,
SEWA KUTIR)
Milind Pande
By

2. 1
OVERVIEW
The overall intent of this plan is to outline the roadmap for the vocational training
program for the juveniles at the Kingsway camp juvenile development centre (hereafter
referred as JDC, Sewa Kutir)
While this documentation plan is intended to draft out the preliminary requirements, it is
subject to routine reviews and update on an annual basis.
WHO SHOULD READ THIS DOCUMENT
 NGO’s: Organizations that are interested in deploying a pilot on vocational training at
their facilities can derive the basic understanding and structure out of this document.
 Funding Agencies & Industries: Investors looking at resource allocation to programs
that are establishing skill based training centres for youth. Industries looking at human
resource augmentation at minimal or semi-skilled level can also benefit from this
document.
 Government Bodies & Educational Institutions: Govt. bodies can get an
understanding how this pilot implementation can be easily replicated across the
country. Education institutions can understand how linkages can be developed between
such centres and align their resources towards common development goals.
Demand Supply Skillset

3. 2
SCOPE
The overall scope of this program is to delineate the intent, structure and
plan behind the delivery of the vocational training program for the children
at the Sewa Kutir facility at Kingsway camp. The scope of the overall
program is subject to be augmented basis the reviews of the progress.
ASSUMPTIONS & CONSTRAINTS
We assume that the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act under which our
kids are referred to our facility remain stable over the foreseeable tenure of
this project.
THE PROJECT
The vocational training program was conceptualized with the intent of
making the juvenile children skilled at basic areas like electrical fittings,
welding, painting, plumbing and masonry. We believe that these skills
would bring up their levels of confidence and skills and make them self-
sufficient to go out in the world with their heads held high and be self-reliant
on generating a source of livelihood for themselves. In the bigger picture,
our intention to reform our children is not only restricted to helping them
lead a crime and drugs free life but also to make them proponents of change
by acquiring skills that would enable them to propagate our mission of
alleviating drug abuse and consequent betterment of our societal structure.
“There is an
existing shortage of
workforce across
multiple sectors,
primarily at semi-
skilled and
minimally skilled
levels, due to lack
of adequate
training
infrastructure for
those skill areas”. –
NSDC Report 2012

4. 3
USABILITY GOAL
The intent behind this document is to ensure that the readers understand,
assimilate, collate and deliver a localized vocational training pilot model
which is easily replicable, scalable and governable. The delivery models
and requirements associated with every vocational trade listed in this
document will give the users the preliminary structure to initiate a pilot.
Example:
SPYM intends to upgrade the skills of the resident children
currently within the purview of the Juvenile Justice Board,
within the age group of 8-18 years, with bare minimum
educational qualifications around vocational trades like
electrician, painter, cook, welder etc.
All staff at the Centre will understand the established
policies and be able to understand what actions step outside
the policy guidelines.
DOCUMENTATION
Existing documentation for the vocational programs which are currently in
the implementation phase are attached in the Annexures of this document.
These include:
a) Inventory (Tools and Raw Material requirements) (Ref.
Annexure 1).
b) Lesson coverages and timelines (Ref. Annexure 2).
c) Budget details, Floor Layout Plan (Ref. Annexure 3)
The organizational requirements as depicted have been created keeping
the SPYM JDC facility as a reference.
The document shall begin with highlighting key infrastructural
components that were developed for the JDC facility and human resource
requirements. The same shall be followed by highlighting the basis of the
trades selected, faculty recruitments, material mapping and batch
selections for the training program.
This shall be followed by depicting the basics of the course content and
the timelines associated with the delivery. Following the same it shall be
explained how an organization can approach certification bodies like ITI
“Majority of
employment is in
minimally skilled
category, which
accounts more
than 70% of total
employment”.
“Employment
would increase at
4% p.a. during
2012-22, with
incremental
employment
equally distributed
between Delhi-
NCT and satellite
cities”.
NSDC Report 2012

5. 4
for ensuring that the skills imparted to the students are validated and are
marketable.
MILESTONES
The vocational training project undertaken at the JDC facility has the below
listed key milestones. Each milestone has been deliberated upon in terms of
timelines and dependence factors.
Milestone Deliverable
Time
(days)
Key Attributes
A
Project
Plan
30
 Vision and intent of the program.
 Stakeholder involvement.
 Operational Setup requirements
 Financial Estimates
 Timelines
B
Project
Kick off
45
 Recruitment of Faculty
 Infrastructural setup
 Identification of Trades
- Existing and anticipated market demands
- Integration feasibility with Industry
- Certification/ Validity
 Course Content design
- Assessment of student background
- Curriculum development with ITI or similar
institutions
- Liaising with Trainers and Faculty
- Evaluation Methodology Design
C
Project
Kick Off
21
Key areas to be considered:
a) Identification of Donors (Financial impact).
b) Material Sourcing partner identification.
c) Bill of material creation in liaison with faculty
members and experts.
d) Procurement timelines adjustment and physical
inventory reconciliation.

6. 5
Milestone Deliverable
Time
(days)
Dependent Upon:
D
Training and
Peer Education
Delivery and
forward
linkages
8
Key areas to be considered ( JDC specific)
a) Batch sizing
b) Age group of children
c) Date of admission
d) Educational background
e) Aspirations and interests
E
Monitoring
and Evaluation
60
 Course Content delivery
 Individual child level tracking and assessment
 Internal attestation and evaluation
 Counselling and Judicial Summons progress
F
Advocacy
Ongoing
 Videography and print content development
 Success Stories documentation
 CSR Liaison with industries
RESPONSIBILITY & ESCALATION MATRIX
Basis the milestones mentioned above, below is the hierarchy which can
be followed for ensuring governance and monitoring across the life of the
project.
Milestone Responsibility Escalation Contact
A Project Head Organization Director(s)
B Project Lead Project Head
C Project Supervisor Project Lead
D Project Supervisor Project Lead
E Trainers
Centre In Charge, Project
Supervisor
F Project Lead Project Head

7. 6
REVIEW PROCESS
The reviewers and approvers as listed above are subject to change basis
internal requirements and assessments. There can be a formal delegation
of authority basis which approvals can be provided.
KEY CONTACTS
The key contacts listed below are responsible for the finance, operations
and strategic roadmap associated with JDC vocational facility.
Area Contact Name Responsibilities
Management Rajesh Kumar Program Head/ Executive Director (SPYM)
Management Viveik Saigal Program Mentor
Management Milind Pande Project Lead
Logistics Shibendu JDC Centre Head
Operations Supervisors Service Delivery & Reporting
LIST OF MATERIALS & PRODUCTION ASSETS
List of Production assets has been appended as a part of the consolidated
inventory (Ref. Annexure 1)
FINANCIAL ESTIMATES
Total Estimated Cost of the Pilot implementation for year 1 at the Sewa
Kutir facility has been estimated at INR / - (USD Approximately). For
detailed breakups please refer Annexure 2
“There would be a
shortage of semi
skilled workforce,
especially formally
trained manpower
due to inadequate
training
infrastructure”.
“Enhance training
infrastructure
capacity in skill
areas likely to face
shortage of
workforce”.
NSDC Report 2012

8. 7
RISKS
Identify any risks that you anticipate. State how you will mitigate those
risk
Risk Control
The key risk to our project delivery is compliance
to the mandated 90 day period of housing the
child who has been referred to our facility by the
judicial orders. This 90 day tenure is further
fraught with challenges like court proceedings
and appearances which impacts the time
available to us for providing the relevant training
to our children.
We have designed our
curriculum to equip our
students with the basic
requirements of the trades
in question. Even though on
paper we have the children
residing at our facility for 90
days, we have put in
adequate buffers to ensure
that the delivery timelines
remain within a 60 day
period.
Non –availability of sustained sources of funding
can hamper the routine delivery of the project.
We have planned for
contingencies arising out of
paucity of funds. Further we
intend to be in touch with
the corporate sector and
rope in funding via the CSR
initiatives. Majority of our
procurement is via
donations and hence
reliance on sustained
sources as of now is limited.
Our historical background
and strong presence within
Delhi has ensured quick
mobilization of resources
during emergencies via our
parent organization SPYM.
ISSUES
Stereotyping of backgrounds is a key issue and challenge that we face as
a part of our project. Companies that wish to hire our children remain
skeptical of the background from which these children come from. This
proves to be detrimental for us whenever we are trying to create linkages
or tie ups with the established placement agencies. Having foreseen this
“Enforce
implementation of
skill development
programs in
sectors lacking
training
infrastructure”.
“Develop
infrastructure for
training entry level
trained workforce
in specific sectors
such as Auto and
auto parts, IT &
BPO, Electrical
equipment,
Metallic products”.
NSDC Report 2012

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challenge, we have decided to create an in-house portal which shall act as
an anchor for our students and a support mechanism should there be
limitations at our end.
Minimally skilled participants: The kids at our facility do not have a
baseline on educational background. Nearly 40% of them are illiterate at
the time of admission and hence unconventional methods of pedagogy are
required to help them understand the course content. We are engaging our
students in an interactive cum experimental curriculum.
COUNTRY LEVEL ISSUES
Financial constraints – The financial requirements of the centre for raw
material, consumable, latest equipment and machines, library, etcetera
have not been met to the full.
Institutional drawbacks – Many institutes in the study area appoint
facilities on contract basis or not qualified / below qualifications trainers
due to multiple reasons such as shortage of trainers, low willingness to
appoint permanent staff and to save on operational expenses. All these
criteria result in compromised quality of training.
Linkage problems – There is insufficient involvement of industry and
other stakeholder involvement in the design and implementation of course
curriculum. Training requirements, course curriculum as per latest
production trends and processes should flow in as per the industry
requirements, which at present is a very weak link.
“Success of any skill development program can be measured in terms of the benefits
provided, the reach of the program and its implementation. The success of formal initiatives
as reviewed under the later NSDC report, has been fairly limited due to the implementation
level issues”.

10. 9
TRENDS (SOURCE NSDC REPORT 2012) EXHIBIT A
TRENDS (SOURCE NSDC REPORT 2012) EXHIBIT B

11. 10
TRENDS (SOURCE NSDC REPORT 2012) EXHIBIT C
PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION
This document is proprietary to Society for Promotion of Youth and Masses
(SPYM). Any mass circulation and proliferation of this document must only
be done with explicit consent of the author or the program head.
ANNEXURES
NNEXURES
a) Annexure 1 :
Inventory list
consolidated.xlsx
b) Annexure 2: Budget
JDC Budget Draft
1.xlsx