Sunday 2 August 2015
Shakuntala Foundation constantly strives to support and empower individuals, particularly underprivileged children enabling them to meet basic ambitions of their life and realize their potential, make informed choices, resist oppression, fight for rightful existence and facilitate new possibilities and opportunities for them.
The Foundation takes up individual cases based on their immediate needs. These individuals are then given educational support, in individual capacity, who are at risk of discontinuing their studies due to impoverished circumstances and have exhibited outstanding academic record. Individuals suffering from any critical diseases are provided support for their health; specific cases are also taken for rehabilitation wherein they are given educational support, vocational training, entrepreneurship training, counseling and provision for aids and appliances.
Support for education and health is also provided to recognize those Youngesters who have performed outstanding deeds of bravery and selfless sacrifices including bravery award winners.
The Foundation takes up individual cases based on their immediate needs. These individuals are then given educational support, in individual capacity, who are at risk of discontinuing their studies due to impoverished circumstances and have exhibited outstanding academic record. Individuals suffering from any critical diseases are provided support for their health; specific cases are also taken for rehabilitation wherein they are given educational support, vocational training, entrepreneurship training, counseling and provision for aids and appliances.
Support for education and health is also provided to recognize those Youngesters who have performed outstanding deeds of bravery and selfless sacrifices including bravery award winners.
The youth comprises over one-third of the Indian population which in turn constitutes a major part of the labour force of the country. But according to the reports of the Financial Express “Only 15%of the young graduates passing out of colleges are employable; the rest are branded ‘unemployable’.”
It is not their lack of theoretical knowledge that causes this. Instead, it is the lack of right skills and attitude. There is thus, an increasing concern among the leading employers of the country, about the dearth of ready-to-deliver employees. In addition, the macro perspective affirms that, it is crucial for such young energy to be channelized correctly in economic growth and nation building to elude their addition to family woes, social stress and national misery.
Our Technical Training is such an initiative of Shakuntala Foundation that aims at creating a pool of young and independent people, from the marginalized section, through skill enhancement in tandem with market requirements. It is an effort towards bridging the gap between demand and supply of skilled manpower in the fast emerging services and retail sectors of modern India.
This national level programme trains the urban underprivileged adolescent youth in English Proficiency, Basic Computer Education,Software Engineering Course,Certification Course and Soft Skills for enhancing their prospects of employment in the fast expanding retail, hospitality,IT and BPO sectors.
It is not their lack of theoretical knowledge that causes this. Instead, it is the lack of right skills and attitude. There is thus, an increasing concern among the leading employers of the country, about the dearth of ready-to-deliver employees. In addition, the macro perspective affirms that, it is crucial for such young energy to be channelized correctly in economic growth and nation building to elude their addition to family woes, social stress and national misery.
Our Technical Training is such an initiative of Shakuntala Foundation that aims at creating a pool of young and independent people, from the marginalized section, through skill enhancement in tandem with market requirements. It is an effort towards bridging the gap between demand and supply of skilled manpower in the fast emerging services and retail sectors of modern India.
This national level programme trains the urban underprivileged adolescent youth in English Proficiency, Basic Computer Education,Software Engineering Course,Certification Course and Soft Skills for enhancing their prospects of employment in the fast expanding retail, hospitality,IT and BPO sectors.
Youngsters are the future of a nation. For an emerging country like India, development of underprivileged holds the key to the progress of the nation itself, and their education is the cornerstone of
this progress. But education for them cannot be achieved without ensuring the welfare of the family – a child can go to school regularly only when the family,our Youngistan can go tio College if their Parent's Pocket Allow them, particularly the mother is healthy and empowered; the family has decent livelihood opportunities and a steady income.
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