Additional Skills Acquisition Programme (ASAP) project: the case of an employability enhancement initiative in India

IF 1.5 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of International Education in Business Pub Date : 2022-05-24 DOI:10.1108/jieb-10-2021-0094

N. M, Paul Mathew, W. Donald

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore an employability enhancement initiative, the Additional Skills Acquisition Programme (ASAP) project in the state of Kerala, India, as a case for the inclusive development of employability in college and university students. Design/methodology/approach ASAP is applied as a case study to examine the employability enhancement initiative in India. Findings Participation in the ASAP project led to increased measures of employability. These increases were most pronounced in women and individuals living below the poverty line. Partnerships between educational institutions and organisations focusing on students’ technical and skill development can help overcome local and national talent shortages. Originality/value The theoretical implications come from addressing the lack of representation of skills based employability initiatives among students from India in the vocational behaviour literature. Practical implications come from knowledge sharing of innovative strategies to enhance the employability outcomes of individuals entering the labour market. New ways to overcome the reported mismatch in business education between curriculum content and the development of employability skills in graduates are presented. Benefits for diversity and inclusion are also provided.

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额外技能获取计划(ASAP)项目:印度就业能力提升计划的案例

本文的目的是探讨印度喀拉拉邦的“额外技能获取计划”(ASAP)项目，作为大学生就业能力包容性发展的一个案例。设计/方法/方法asap作为案例研究应用于检查印度的就业能力提升计划。研究结果:参与“尽快就业计划”提高了就业能力。这些增长在妇女和生活在贫困线以下的个人中最为明显。注重学生技术和技能发展的教育机构和组织之间的伙伴关系可以帮助克服地方和国家的人才短缺问题。原创性/价值这一理论含义来自于解决印度学生在职业行为文献中缺乏基于技能的就业能力倡议的代表性。实际影响来自知识共享的创新战略，以提高个人进入劳动力市场的就业能力的结果。本文提出了新的方法来克服商业教育中课程内容与毕业生就业技能发展之间的不匹配。还提供了多样性和包容性的好处。

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Journal of International Education in Business EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： The journal of International Education in Business (JIEB) is a peer reviewed journal concerned with theoretical and pedagogic aspects of international education in business schools and its flow-on implications for the workplace. The journal publishes papers that are concerned with: - international education, - cross- and inter-cultural aspects of internationalisation, - internationalisation of business schools, - business school teaching and learning, - academic and social engagement of students, - recruitment and marketing of business education in international contexts, - quality processes with respect to internationalisation, and - global organisations as stakeholders of internationalisation. Theoretical and empirical papers (qualitative and quantitative) as well as case analyses are invited. Papers that explore micro- and macro-perspectives in business and international education are also included.