Union Minister for Education along with Minister of Labour and Employment launched a report titled Jobs at Your Doorstep: A Jobs Diagnostics for Young People in Six States.
- Jobs at Your Doorstep is a skills gap analysis that attempts to align trades offered in schools industry-specific needs of the districts where the schools are present.
- The study was initiated to reimagine the skill education offering through in-depth primary as well as secondary research in six STARS states, mentioned the official press release.
- The World Bank assists the Ministry of Education with its program called Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS) covering six states namely Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Rajasthan (collectively the STARS states).
- The report underscores the significant benefits of embedding skill-based education from grades 9-12 to prepare students for diverse career paths relying on a bottom-up approach, going deep in districts of the six states, stated the press note.
