LIVELIHOOD TRAINING TO THE SCHOOL DROPOUT YOUTHS-A STUDY OF SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Kherwadi Social welfare Association’s Yuva Parivartan (YP) programme with its Vision, Mission, motivates school dropouts in the age group of 16-25 years, less educated and deprived youth towards socially productive occupations and opportunities in urban and rural settings. It creates livelihood opportunities and gives second chance to youth through wage or self employment. Since 2003, YP has provided livelihood training on different courses like Basic Computer, DTP, Tally, Tailoring, Beautician, Mobile repairing, Motor Mechanic, Wire-man, Fashion designing, Nursing, Retailing etc. in 44 districts of India and trained over 100,000 students during the financial year of 2011-2012. The tracking on beneficiaries has not been done to assess the impact of the intervention. The impact of intervention needs to be assessed and learning from interventions should be utilized for further expansion and widespread impact. Qualitative and quantitative methods will be used to collect information for this study. Study will use semi-structured questionnaires, face to face interview with individuals and family, FGDs and Case studies. Multistage sampling will be done to select respondents. Sample of 10 to 15 percent of the individuals from each course will be drawn. Data will be analyzed through SPSS with statistical testes and comparative form.