1. 1. A local advertising will be done around the identified center and adjoining area and use
       of handbills , posters and banners for increased visibility
   
   
2. 2. Road shows will be organized in the adjoining area of the centres.
   
   
3. 3. A team have been formed for each centre for promoting the scheme door-to-door
4.     among the BPL habitats and involving PRI functionaries in identifying the BPL
       beneficiaries.
   
   
5. 4. Scheme awareness programs shall be organized in the adjoining areas of the centre to
       motivate BPL candidates to undergo training designed specially for them.
   
   
6. 5. The beneficiaries will be selected in consultation with the concerned DRDAs of the
      concerned district, verification of their credentials for the claims made under a particular
      social class to ensure that real BPL candidates are benefitted.

The methodology that will be adopted will be in the nature of mentoring rather than pedagogic. This involves

1. 1. In depth training of the trainers specific to handling psychology of the BPL beneficiaries.
   
   
2. 2. Delivery of theoretical aspects the modules
   
   
3. 3. Ensuring active participation of the candidates during classroom sessions
   
   
4. 4. Attention on each candidate based on the profile prepared before his enrollment
      (aptitude test and personal discussion recorded on predetermined formats) to ensure
      learning of the weakest candidate in a batch.
   
   
5. 5. Role plays and presentation by the candidates to illustrate their learning (in short
       groups to make them understand the value of working in groups – group dynamics).
   
   
6. 6. Practical sessions in the institute/ learning centre.
   
   
7. 7. Apprenticeship of candidates to allow them to come in terms with the real environment.
   
   
8. 8. Ensuring greater participation of students in the training modules for effective learning
       and growth of candidates.
   
   
9. 9. Special sessions shall be organized for development of soft skills in the candidates to
       make him job ready.

For assessment of candidates, a formal arrangement has been made with India Skills Private Limited, an authorized assessing agency by the Directorate General of Employment andTraining, Ministry of Labor and Employment vide letter no. DGE&T- No 8/1/2009/MES/IS dated 9thJun’09 for skills assessment in all sectors in all states and UTs of India

The beneficiaries can be tracked and their progress monitored through SMART software which can be accessed from the login tab on the home page of the website – www.rsmitedu.in.

1. 1. RSMIT-Edu has already started the procedure of placing its students with the
      companies. For the beneficiaries under the project, on-campus interviews will be
      organized.
   
   
2. 2. “Job Mela” will be organized where a number of companies will be invited to for
       recruitment of the beneficiaries.
   
   
3. 3. For Accounting and ERP candidates, an effort will be made to place the beneficiaries
       directly, which are clients of ABM Infotech Limited.
   
   
4. 4. The beneficiaries will be given feedback on their each appearance for placements
5.      relating to short-comings and required improvements.

The training and employment of BPL Beneficiaries poses a few challenges inherent to the life style they are used to. Some of the challenges are elaborated as below :

1. 1. The BPL children are helping hands to the families and hence they drop out from the
      classes.
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3. 2. Due drop-outs, the academic competencies majority of BPL masses are poor.
   
   
4. 3. The BPL children have been devoid of any benefits from the government initiatives,
       hence may find it difficult to believe in the concept of employment. They normally feel
       comfortable with the jobs they are carrying out.
   
   
5. 4. Change of attitude will be a major challenge while training of the BPL beneficiaries and
       will require special training of trainers in order to train them and make them
       employable.
   
6. 5. The retention of the BPL beneficiaries through out the program (trade selected by them)
       will be yet another challenge and can be handled with managed persuasion and
       adopting pragmatic view towards the whole training and least affecting their daily
       chores.
   
7. 6. Continuation in the job may be another challenge as it may involve relocation of the
      beneficiaries. It will call for concerted efforts to arrange for the jobs nearest to their
      families.
   
8. 7. It will require assistance from other government run projects that assist BPL households
      in earning their livelihood so that they can spare their children for training. This
      challenge can be taken care of by careful planning of the training sessions which does
      not clash with their time for earning their livelihood.
   
9. 8. Verification of BPL beneficiaries may be another challenge as fraudulent candidates
      may also try to get the benefits of the programs. This can be handled with the close
      coordination with the concerned DRDAs and a strong system of verification put in place
      to ensure enrollment of only the right candidate.