Internships for High School Students in Plan 100 and Swadheen Schools

The Vocational Education Program integrated into secondary schooling significantly enhances the practicality and relevance of secondary education. Among such initiatives, the Multi Skill Foundation Course stands out as a vocational program focusing on "Multi-skill employability and life skills." This initiative is designed to immerse higher secondary students in the world of work, helping them develop...

Empowering Entrepreneurship Through Vocational Education:

The Journey of Nikhil Gawade and his brother Siddesh Gawade In a small town called Gawadewadi, Taluka-Ambegaon, Dist- Pune, the seeds of entrepreneurship were sown within Nikhil Gawade during his years in vocational education. Nikhil, an alumnus of the MSFC (Multi-Skill Foundation Course) from Hirkani Vidyalaya, Gawadewadi, embarked on a remarkable journey from being a...

SOWing Seeds of Opportunity

By Sanghamitra Das First woman to travel for 12 days with Skills On Wheels (SOW) in January 2020 Himachal Pradesh, the land of tough terrain, poses a unique challenge for vocational education students, hindering hands-on exposure and comprehension of the industry's vast opportunities. Based on my field experiences across the state, embarking on a journey...

Plan100 – Swadheen Mumbai celebrates WYSD with BMC school students, by making ‘Emoti-bins’ on live mode!

Content by Prasad Sawant, Project Officer, LAHIEdited by Molly Pathak, Consultant LAHI Globally, the pandemic struck all major cities. Mumbai was no different. But as they say ‘the city never sleeps’, Mumbaikars live with that spirit and embrace the next with gusto. Same reflects in the education system of the city, in a short while...

The Corona Year!

Program Diary Notes 31st December 2020 Molly Pathak and Yogini Sagade, LAHI: 2020… was a year that will be remembered in human history as a year that compelled mankind to pause, take stock of where they were in terms of health, hygiene, medical preparedness and ‘real life’ readiness, viz. the ability to think critically, plan,...

NEP 2020 – An enabler for Vocational Education and Gender Empowerment at impressionable years

By Research and Documentation Team,LAHI: (4 minutes read) India’s National Educational Policy 2020 (NEP 2020), was approved by the Union Cabinet on 29 July 2020. This version of the policy replaces the previous National Policy on Education, 1986. NEP 2020 holds special significance for Lend A Hand India, because it strongly acknowledges the fact that exposure to...

Role of Skill Education in Challenging Gender Inequalities

By Rohini, LAHI: In 2006, Lend Hand India (LAHI) designed the Plan 100 project and began implementing Multi Skill Foundation Course as a pilot program in government aided schools of rural Maharashtra. Skill education was included in the curriculum of government schools as optional subject, part of Socially Useful Productive Work (SUPW).  Today, the schools...

Skill Education in Times of COVID-19: On the Ground account of how students, parents, and communities are coping with it

Rohini,LAHI: Lend A Hand India (LAHI) has been rigorously advocating for skill education both in urban and rural schools for more than a decade, as of May 2020. We have been doing so, through both direct and indirect implementation of Skill Education and the Multi Skill Foundation Course (MSFC) in particular. Through the years of...

CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIVELIHOOD DREAMS WITHIN SCHOOL TIME TABLE(S) Multi Skill Foundation Course

 By Molly Pathak,LAHI: During academic year 2018-19, about forty thousand students studying under Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) have pursued vocational education courses along-side their core academics within the school timetable/s. These courses are an improvised version of the successful pre-vocational program, V-1 i.e. ‘Introduction to Basic Technology (IBT)’, being...

‘बालवीर शाळेची कौशल्यवीर मूलं’

By Ganesh Dalvi,LAHI:   ’खरं, तर मी या चार पाच विद्यार्थ्यांना शाळेतून काढुन टाकायचं ठरवलं होत आणि मी त्यांच्याशी तसं बोलले देखील होते. काही काळाने मात्र हेच विद्यार्थी शाळेमध्ये सुरु असलेल्या ‘मल्टी स्किल फौंडेशन कोर्स’ या नावाच्या व्यावसायिक अभ्यासक्रमाच्या सत्रांमध्ये मात्र समरसून सहभागी होताना दिसत होते हा फरक मला जाणवला’’ हुतात्मा बालवीर शिरीषकुमार माध्यमिक विद्यालयाच्या...