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HIGHLIGHTS
• InadditiontotheRSETIsinUdaipur
and Jodhpur, eight satellite centres
have been set up and are currently fully
operational-foureachinUdaipurand
Jodhpur
• ThetwoRSETIsandsatellitecentres
have together trained more than 6,400
youth in FY2014, which is more than
twice the number trained in FY2013
• MinistryofRuralDevelopment(MoRD)
has awarded RSETIs operated by ICICI
FoundationinJodhpurandUdaipur1st
and 2nd rank respectively in Category
II (i.e. RSETIs that are more than three
years old)
• Traininghasbeenmademoreinclusive
by offering courses to differently-abled
youth and assisting them to become self-
reliant
The ICICI RSETI training programmes have resulted in about
70% of the trainees being engaged in wage employment or
in self employment
programmes at the RSETIs also include financial
literacy, yoga and physical education. About 70% of
the trainees have been placed in wage employment
or in self-employment. Credit linkages are also
being provided to entrepreneurs who wish to start a
business of their own.
equip students with knowledge of trouble-shooting
and maintenance of centralised cooling systems
used in commercial establishments. A chiller unit
has been specifically set up to train students on the
fundamentals and working of industrial refrigeration.
The course has been launched at the Coimbatore
centre of ICICI Academy.
ICICI Academy is also building market linkages
through industry partnerships for placement
of students. In addition, ICICI Foundation has
developed a job portal, www.ias.icici.org, to further
facilitate placements. Leveraging on the corporate
relationships of the ICICI Group, this portal is being
promoted among other corporates. Employers keen
to consider such trained youth for employment
can register and recruit candidates directly through
the portal. The job portal has over 100 registered
employers.
ii) Rural Self-Employment Training Institutes
(RSETIs) at Udaipur and Jodhpur districts,
Rajasthan:
RSETIs offer intensive short-term residential training
and on-location training courses in various trades. In
ICICI Foundation’s model, the focus is on demand-
based training wherein the requirement of various
employers is mapped for relevant courses and
curriculum. This has ensured better employability
for the youth trained by RSETIs operated by ICICI
Foundation. Placement cells have also been
introduced to further support such trained youth.
ICICI Foundation has set up satellite centres at block-
levels in districts which offer vocational training in
remote locations. In addition to various trades, the
2. Elementary Education
(i) School and Teacher Education Reform
Programme, Rajasthan:
ICICI Foundation launched a six-year collaborative
programme in 2011 with the Government of
Rajasthan for capacity building of its State Institute
for Educational Research & Training (SIERT) and
other government education institutes. This
programme aims to deliver child-centric learning
environments in Government schools across
the state in line with the National Curriculum
Framework (NCF) 2005, National Curriculum
Framework for Teacher Education (NCFTE) 2009
and Right to Education (RtE) Act 2009.
The programme has four key components:
(a) Revision and renewal of curricula, syllabus
guidelines and development of new text books –
the curricula and syllabi for Classes I to VIII have
been revised and new text books have been
developed under this programme.
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