Jobs at Your Doorstep Report

About Jobs at Your Doorstep Report:

• This report serves as both a diagnostic and roadmap to providing strategic linkages and convergence between education and the jobs agenda of India.
• It goes deep into the job landscape of six states: Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Rajasthan, and identifies key priority sectors and roles that offer the highest employment potential for young people graduating from secondary school.
• The report is a skills gap analysis that attempts to align trades offered in schools industry-specific needs of the districts where the schools are present.
• It underscores the significant benefits of embedding skill-based education from Classes 9-12 to prepare students for diverse career paths relying on a bottom-up approach.
• The study was initiated to reimagine the skill education offering through in-depth primary as well as secondary research in six STARS states. 
• What is the STARS Scheme?
  • It became effective in 2021 for a period of five years. up to FY: 2024-25.
  • STARS project would be implemented under the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education with the financial support of World Bank.
  • It is being implemented in six identified States Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala. These states will be supported for various interventions for improving the quality of education.
  • It is carved out of Samagra Shiksha, with a focus on those elements of the scheme that will most directly support school education enhancement.

Q1: What is the World Bank?

The WB is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low and middle-income/developing countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. It was established along with the IMF at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference.

Source: Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya launch ‘Jobs at Your Doorstep’ Report by World Bank