Facilitator Development - Facilitator Development, Research Studies

Transforming the Engineering Education Ecosystem, One Institution at a Time | Thematic Paper

In 2017, Altran, NASSCOM Foundation, and Quest Alliance collaborated to implement a blended learning program for educators in Tier II and Tier III engineering colleges. The initiative harnessed experiential and digital learning to upskill educators, to advance the learning capacities of marginalized engineering students. In this paper, we present an array of concerns as we see in the engineering ecosystem, and also present solutions and recommendations to transform it.

Employability - Employability

Driving Reform in Women ITIs: A Charter of Recommendations

Representatives from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), state DETs, NGOs, students, bilateral agencies and CSR, discussed holistic reform in women's ITI ecosystem in India, at our roundtable held on October 18th, 2019, in New Delhi. Key recommendations from their conversations have been consolidated into this charter.

Research Study - Research Studies

A Change Map for Industrial Training Institutes in India: Insights from Ecosystem Leaders

Research Study - Research Studies

Making Women ITIs Future Ready – QA & JP Morgan Study

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Young Women Learners in Industrial Training Institutes: Decoding Challenges to Successful Careers

A report that presents an in-depth understanding of the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) ecosystem in India from the lens of its effect on the lives of young women students who walk into ITIs with the aim of building effective careers.

Research Study - Research Studies

Navigating Career Pathways: Building Professional Digital Identity and Networks

A qualitative study on how digital career platforms (such as LinkedIn) affect the demand-supply gap in the workforce, from a future of work point of view.

Research Study - Research Studies

Preventing School Dropout: A Change Map of Effective Practices

A report that landscapes effective practices towards building 21st century classrooms to reduce school dropout in India. It consolidates insights to build an understanding of challenges and solution strategies.

White Paper - Plan

Strategic Plan 2019-2023 – Transforming School-To-Work Ecosystems Through Self-Learning

This five year plan has chalked out new opportunities to transform learning ecosystems through education technology, capacity building, and collaboration. We're amplifying our work, advocacy and scope to empower 4 million learners, equip 50,000 educators, partner with 7 state governments, build our network of 950 CSOs and ITIs, and strengthen 5450 schools, across 12 states.

Employability - Case Study

Innovating for Scale

This case study is a blueprint of the Quest—Accenture partnership that build the way for more strategic associations, expanding a growing network of people and companies and added more weight and dimension to the original vision of the Skills to Succeed program,  harnessing funding, technology, learning systems, and blended learning for 21st Century skills.

Employability - White paper

Skills for Future Jobs: Technology and the Future of Work in India

Young people entering the digital economy over the next five to ten years will need to equip themselves for a rapidly changing and uncertain future of work, a future that will both hold new opportunities and challenges. For us, whose target population is youth that have dropped-out of school and youth who have finished school but not continued on to college, our programs are needed to prioritize: digital fluency; core crosscutting skills and learnability.

In knowledge partnership with Tandem Research and support from Microsoft Philanthropies, we have released a white paper titled Skills for Future Jobs: Technology and the Future of Work in India. The paper focuses on the future of jobs and skilling in India, in the wake of rapid automation and digitization of life and work.

We aim to integrate the key findings from the white paper into our strategic and programmatic plan going forward.