IMPROVING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS THROUGH INDUSTRY ORIENTED EDUCATION PROGRAMME: A STUDYAMONG FRESHERS IN DELHI-NCR

Kanhaiya Lal; Khushboo Singh; Deepak Sharma; Kaustav Paul

Volume : IV, Issue : XI, November - 2015

IMPROVING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS THROUGH INDUSTRY ORIENTED EDUCATION PROGRAMME: A STUDYAMONG FRESHERS IN DELHI-NCR

Kanhaiya Lal, Khushboo Singh, Deepak Sharma, Kaustav Paul

Abstract :

India, currently is facing an employment crunch since the graduates and the post graduates those are churned out every year are lacking in employability skills. Employability skills are considered to be non-technical which are essential in gaining employment and participate in the work force, however there is no consensus as of what constitutes employability skills. Hence it is of utmost importance to explore the key employability skills. This study endeavoured to explore key employability skills and also empirically tested the effectiveness of industry oriented education programme in improving the employability skills and in reducing the gap between the desired and actual level of employability skills. The study yielded a six factors� model for employability skills and the effectiveness of industry oriented training programme was also quite evident in improving the employability skills and in reducing the gap between the desired and actual level of employability skills.