The three objectives of the Scientifically Tailored Employability Program (STEP) are:
(1) To enable people (helping underprivileged young people with productive skills to engage gainfully);
(2) To empower business (with readily available skilled resources); and
(3) To enrich society (by generating wealth where it matters).
STEP is an end-to-end “livelihood through skills” solution involving job opportunity awareness and counselling, employability pre-assessment and training needs analysis, needs-based vocational skills training, evaluation, certification and (self) employment linkage in emerging trades.
The training program is designed to comprehensively enhance students’ communication and soft skills, computer skills and trade-specific domain skills. The content and methodology developed and exhaustively tested over six years use a unique blend of trainer-led knowledge acquisition and practical group activities. Students are continuously evaluated on specific skills’ parameters, their progress charted and employability assessed through an indigenously developed model (the Industry Employability Index (IEX)) using the weighted average of students’ scores against dynamically adjusted industry requirements.
