Uber joins the Skill India platform to train youngsters and help them find employment.
Rekha, a labourer’s daughter, who was forced to leave studies had been for a while resisting intense societal pressure to get married. She wanted to be empowered, but didn’t know how to go about it. The future looked bleak. It was then that she spotted a pamphlet that promised a driver’s job after undergoing a free driving training programme.
It’s a heaven sent opportunity, says Rekha referring to the skill development training programme of National Safai Karamacharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC). "People tired to demoralise my family when they came to know about my decision to undertake the driver’s training programme. But my father was supportive. Because of him I was able to go ahead,” she says.
Her father’s income was meagre and the family of five could barely make the ends meet. That motivated Rekha, a resident of Tigri area in south Delhi, to learn driving and support her family.
During three months of training, Rekha not only learned driving but also gained knowledge in motor mechanics. "We were taught basic English as well as self-defence skills,” says Rekha who is now all set to work for Uber, one of the most popular app based cab services in India.
"I am now waiting for my commercial [driving] licence. Once I get it, I can have my own car one day,” says a confident Rekha, who was awarded a Letter of Assurance from Uber at the 9th Global Skill Summit organised by FICCI in September.
Uber has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) of the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship (MSDE) and Maruti Suzuki, and launched a project called – UberSHAAN. It helps people like Rekha get employment. It also supports prime minister Narendra Modi’s Skill India mission.
This story is from the October 16 2016 edition of GovernanceNow.
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