Scope of Educationin Rural India

Index

Change & Evolution in Education Scenario in Rural India in last 5 years

TG Aspirations , Perception & Growth

Education Market - Scope of Evolution

Industrial Scenario Example

Digitized Way of Teaching

Challenges

Agency Role in meeting the Challenges

Change & Evolution in theEducation Scenario

in Rural India in last 5 years

Lets look at few figures to understand the growing Rural Education Trend

• In 2011-12, about 80k rural youngsters were being professionally trained across sectors by Govt. of India

• About 25% of Colleges offering degree courses are operational in 5 - 10kms radius of the villages

• As much as 10 different institute brands , offering vocational courses, operate in a semi urban town

• There are more than 52 million active Internet users in rural India

• Out of 1,20,591 total schools that have computers, 74% are located in rural areas.

• About 22% of the children in the age group of 6 – 14 years are enrolled in private schools

How the Education Perception is changing….

• Earlier, the learning was limited to developing knowledge basis family occupation

• Family traditions were taken forward for pursuing a career

• Parents aspire & invest for their child to become skilled professionals & not just a worker or a farmer

• Youth gives due importance to learning new skills for obtaining a job or enhancing business

How the Occupation Perception is changing….

• A Clay Potter from the western state of Gujarat, invented low-cost refrigeration called “Mitti Cool”, made out of terracotta, costing about Rs.2000 only

• A Farmer invented a motorcycle-driven ploughing machine for fields in a drought-hit region where most farmers could barely afford tractors or bullocks

• Earlier there was complacency with the resources that were available to a person and; his limited working knowledge

• A Farmer or Clay Potter continued to produce the same kind of products with the same techniques taught to them by their forefathers

TG Aspirations, Perception & Growth

How the TG sees themselves….

Learning new technologiesIndependent & Working in offices

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Lets further understand the TG

TG in the study is classified as :

The Students

• The target students are in the age group of 18 to 25 years & belong to Agri families

• The students begin to seek vocational courses during graduation or while pursuing senior secondary school

• About 5% of students pursuing vocational courses are working professionals; also seeking skill enhancement courses at centers

• These students have information about educational centers around towns but are unaware about availability of courses & opportunities

• 70% of the students are Male students who come from approx. 20 to 60 kms distance

• 30 % of the students , mainly Females , are from town areas who travel a maximum distance of 20kms

The Parents

• Parents usually farmers, have a landholding of 3 to 5 acres

• Majority of the parents are illiterate but aspirational for their childrens’ education

• They are ready to invest in education for their children, though they have no basic understanding of the courses being offered by the Institutes

• Stability of the institute is the criteria for them to choose the institute

• They are hesitant of the institute duping them

The Influencers

• An individual who has studied and obtained a job in an office

• He could be a distant relative or a friend of Students’ parents

• He is the only door for knowledge for the students

• Is not much aware about the institutes’ offerings but is looked upon by the students/parents for opinion

• He also visits the institutes before the admissions and strongly influence the final decision of parents about choice of course & Institute

TG Segmentation

The trend shows that the priority for students enrolling in an Institute is:Job - 95 %Career Enhancement - 5 %

StudentsAspirations & Perception towards Educational Institutes

• Students aspire to get a stable job, irrespective of its salary package

• He feels he would make his parents proud by earning a living on his own

His Aspirations

• He is content with the way of teaching and is confident of a placement

• Increased his knowledge and is excited to complete his course

• Does not prefer the Govt. Institutes as there is no placement assistance

His Perception towards Institutes

• He wants to add value to his status by enhancing his skills through Vocational courses

• He relies upon the institutes’ capability to get him a promotion or salary raise

• He wants to change his profile from administration job to a more refined Accounts job

• It would help him improve his package & profile

Working Population (pursuing education)Aspirations & Perception towards Educational Institutes

Job Preferences

Why these Jobs ?

• The students see people around them doing such jobs and get influenced

• Awareness levels of other technical jobs are low

• Ready to move in cities for jobs

Package is averagebut requires formal

training

Education Market Scope of Evolution

How the Education Market is evolving….

More & More Educational Institutes are coming in existence in Rural & Semi-urban towns

The educational market in the Rural & Semi Urban regions can be classified as:•the Branded Educational Institutes•the Local Educational Centers

Education Market Understanding

Scope of Educational Institutes in Rural & Semi-Urban Towns

Scope of Educational Institutes is assessed on the basis of number of seats that are occupied in a semester

120 Seats Occupancy

300 Seats Occupancy

500 Seats Occupancy

Lets see an example for Industry Scenario …..

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Rajasthan Scope of Education Institutes

~500 seats ~300 seats ~120 seats

Non Technical & Technical Courses are also offered

Courses offered are English Accounts & Networking

High Potential Medium Potential Low Potential

Current Focus – Deeper Penetration based on potential

Alwar as a medium potential markettargets to reach out to Villages deepdown 60-70 kms

Ajmer as a high potential markettargets to reach out to Villages around 40-50 kms

Institutes Scan - Alwar

Branded Institutes Indiacan is one of the institutes in Rajasthan which has the maximum number of its owned centres Institutes like Jetking, SCL , NIFA , ICA etc have franchisees, but no company owned centers Most popular courses at these Institutes are English Speaking , Hardware Networking & Financial

Accountancy courses English Speaking courses usually have duration of 3 months – 6 months IT courses & Financial courses have a duration from 6 months – 2years Job Placement Guarantee is given to the students

Local Centers Local Institutes like Rajiv Gandhi Computer Institute, Gurukul, Alfa Academy are some local

institutes present Local Institutes offer single Application courses like Tally, MS-Excel, Call Center Training, Basic

English Language Training etc which are short duration i.e. from 7 days – 3 months There is no job placement guarantee with these institutes

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Alwar as a Market

Limited hangout joints for the students in and around the villages. Eating joints are near Bus Stands and at small market place in the village.

• Sarpanch holds a high value in the village and is one of the major opinion leaders

• Job availability is very limited • • Local educational institutes lack

basic infrastructure though less expensive

Digitized Way of Teaching

Digitized Way of Teaching

• Digitized Way of Teaching is picking up in rural & semi urban towns as well

• Live Video Conferencing, Interactive sessions help the students learn by viewing live video sessions

• Educomp & IndiaCan are extending this technology to rural & semi urban towns as well

Digitized Way of Teaching Challenges

• Even though scope of Digital Education is vast in semi urban or rural towns , it is quite challenging to make the concept understood to the TG initially

• The words like “video conferencing”, “live sessions” are completely incomprehensible to TG

• TG, when told about the technology, just do not show interest to come to institute & witness the technology

Challenges

• TG is not even aware about the kind of jobs they can get after pursuing a course

• Do not clearly understand what is communicated by institutes marketing teams

• Local Centers offering short term courses for lesser fee & duration lure students to save time & money by studying at their centers

• Branded Institutes do not have enough Manpower to work for Students’ Counseling & to spread Awareness amongst TG

Agency Role in meeting the Challenges

Confused TG needs proper Guidance & Expert Counseling – Since TG does not have a proper source that can provide them with sound career counseling,

they do not get the best out of the institute also. – Some students after joining IMS course realized they wanted to do Tally because no company

nearby is hiring students who have done IMS Needs Financial Assurance

– Farmers want to spend on their children’s secure future but sometimes just with a margin less of money, they are not able to make their children enroll for the courses

– Even TG with good income is not willing to give away the complete amount as they do not have trust on the institute because they have not heard about it.

Relevant communication is the utmost requirement

– No one in such areas understand Digital education– Due to institutes’ limitations in remote areas they have not been able to show case the videos

to the rural people about how classes are done

Agency Role in meeting the Challenges

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