Skills & Vocational Training Programme

Empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities

From classroom to livelihood — equipping differently-abled youth with market-ready skills for employment and self-employment • 66 youth trained in 2024-25

Skills & Vocational Training Programme

What This Programme Does

Education without livelihood is incomplete. For a differently-abled young person who has spent years in a special school developing communication, academic, and life skills — the transition to adulthood is the critical test of everything they have been prepared for. Do they have a skill the market will pay for? Can they start their own venture? Can they work alongside colleagues without a disability? Can they sustain themselves?

The Skills & Vocational Training Programme of SKRPWS answers those questions with a definitive yes — by providing practical, market-aligned vocational training in tailoring and computer skills, paired with entrepreneurship development exposure and active employment placement support. The programme is designed not to produce trainees — but to produce earners.

Started own businesses

Employed in shops

Placed in private companies

Employment / self-employment rate

Vocational Tracks Offered

Tailoring & Garment Construction
Basic stitching techniques: straight seam, hemming, button attachment, zip installation Garment components: collars, sleeves, pockets — progressing to complete garment construction Fabric selection, measurement, and pattern cutting basics Machine operation: safe and efficient use of sewing machines, including adapted machines for participants with physical limitations Quality checking and finishing — professional-standard output from the first batch 32 differently-abled youth trained in tailoring in 2024–25

Tailoring & Garment Construction

Basic stitching techniques: straight seam, hemming, button attachment, zip installation
Garment components: collars, sleeves, pockets — progressing to complete garment construction
Fabric selection, measurement, and pattern cutting basics
Machine operation: safe and efficient use of sewing machines, including adapted machines for participants with physical limitations
Quality checking and finishing — professional-standard output from the first batch
32 differently-abled youth trained in tailoring in 2024–25

Computer Skills & Digital Literacy
Hardware basics: safe use, care, and troubleshooting of computers and peripherals Operating systems: Windows basics, file management, and user account navigation MS Office: Word (documents and formatting), Excel (basic data entry and spreadsheets), PowerPoint (simple presentations) Internet and email: safe browsing, communication, job searching, and basic digital services UPI and digital payments — practical financial digital literacy integrated into computer training 34 differently-abled youth trained in computer skills in 2024–25 Screen reader and accessibility software introduced for visually impaired and low-vision participants

Computer Skills & Digital Literacy

Hardware basics: safe use, care, and troubleshooting of computers and peripherals
Operating systems: Windows basics, file management, and user account navigation
MS Office: Word (documents and formatting), Excel (basic data entry and spreadsheets), PowerPoint (simple presentations)
Internet and email: safe browsing, communication, job searching, and basic digital services
UPI and digital payments — practical financial digital literacy integrated into computer training
34 differently-abled youth trained in computer skills in 2024–25
Screen reader and accessibility software introduced for visually impaired and low-vision participants

Entrepreneurship Development & Employment Outcomes
Training alone is not the end goal. SKRPWS’s vocational programme actively supports every graduate toward a real economic outcome — whether that means starting a business, finding employment, or accessing a supported work environment.

Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP)
10 graduates started their own entrepreneurial ventures in 2024–25 — tailoring shops, home stitching services, and small-scale craft production EDP modules: business idea development, costing and pricing, supplier relationships, customer communication, and basic bookkeeping Linkages with RUDSETI (Rural Development and Self-Employment Training Institute) for advanced EDP exposure Micro-enterprise support: guidance on registering as self-employed, accessing MUDRA loans, and applying for SC/ST entrepreneur schemes

Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP)

10 graduates started their own entrepreneurial ventures in 2024–25 — tailoring shops, home stitching services, and small-scale craft production
EDP modules: business idea development, costing and pricing, supplier relationships, customer communication, and basic bookkeeping
Linkages with RUDSETI (Rural Development and Self-Employment Training Institute) for advanced EDP exposure
Micro-enterprise support: guidance on registering as self-employed, accessing MUDRA loans, and applying for SC/ST entrepreneur schemes

Employment Placement Support
Active linkages with local employers, retail shops, small businesses, and private companies for job placement Linkages with AP State Skill Development Mission and Skill India Mission for certification and placement portals Sheltered workshop referrals for graduates who need a more supported work environment during transition Alumni tracking: SKRPWS monitors the employment status of graduates for 12 months post-training to provide ongoing support Industry-specific adaptations: workplace accessibility guidance and employer sensitisation for businesses hiring SKRPWS graduate

Employment Placement Support

Active linkages with local employers, retail shops, small businesses, and private companies for job placement
Linkages with AP State Skill Development Mission and Skill India Mission for certification and placement portals
Sheltered workshop referrals for graduates who need a more supported work environment during transition
Alumni tracking: SKRPWS monitors the employment status of graduates for 12 months post-training to provide ongoing support
Industry-specific adaptations: workplace accessibility guidance and employer sensitisation for businesses hiring SKRPWS graduate

SURAVARAPU KONDAREDDY
PUPIL’S WELFARE SOCIETY