The internet has turned to be a major boon for the tribal youth of the state, as a survey detailing their working skills has been made online.
The internet has turned to be a major boon for the tribal youth of the state, as a survey detailing their working skills has been made online, making it easy for prospective employers to recruit them.
A couple of employers have also shown interest in recruiting the tribal youth by using the survey 'Migration and Skill Assessment of Tribal Youths', conducted by the Tribal Research and Training Institute (TRTI) of Gujarat Vidyapith with the Development Support Agency of the state.
Coming out of age-old orthodoxy, the tribal youth of Gujarat for the first time have expressed their choice of profession and willingness to migrate to urban pockets, in the state-sponsored survey.
"The prime focus of the survey was to identify the skills of tribal youths, and find out the kind of profession they aspire to seek training in," TRTI director Chandrakant Upadhayay said.
"During the three-month-long survey over the 3.69 lakh tribal youths, primarily in the 18-30 age group, across 12 districts, 43 talukas and 5,200 villages of the state, were covered," he added.
"We have put the entire survey online for prospective recruiters," Upadhayay said.
"As per the 2001 Census data on youths living in rural tribal areas, we tried to cover 40 per cent of the population in this segment during the survey, conducted with an estimated cost of Rs 40 lakh," TRTI project coordinator Ravindra Pancholi said.
The estimated population of tribals in Gujarat is 74.81 lakh.
"The online menu of this survey report offers 26 criteria to submit queries on youth selection enabling recruitment agencies to identify candidates in meeting programme-specific requirements," he added.
Amirgadh taluka in Banaskantha district shows that there are three families in Ajapur Mota village of the taluka, including the one of Radha Keshabhai Bhumbadiya, a 19-year-old girl having knowledge of the internet.
The form of Bhumbadiya contains key information such as her family profile, educational qualifications, current employment, earnings, choice of job, and her answer on willingness to migrate or not.
The pin point search facility on number of important criteria considered by the recruiters to search potential job seekers from tribal regions, will facilitate employment for youths in sectors they aspire to work in, and this is what makes the survey unique, Pancholi said.
Skills of the tribal youths in 20 different segments, including IT, agro processing, hotel, are there in the survey report, and this would help open new jobs avenues for them, he said.
The centres opened in tribal regions as part of the state Integrated Tribal Development Programme (ITDP) will now be continuously gathering data on youths and send it to us for updating, Pancholi said.
A large number of youths surveyed during the study have shown willingness to migrate from rural to urban areas, he added.
The survey was conducted in districts such as Banaskantha, Bharuch, Dahod, Dang, Narmada, Navsari, Pachamahal, Sabarkantha, Surat, Tapi, Vadodra and Valsad, having concentration of tribal population.
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