VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRESVOCATIONAL TRAINING MISSION
The various district level SSSSO units incurred an expenditure of ₹4.54 crores while training
30,187 candidates between 2014 and 2019.
Of the ₹4.54 crores expenditure, 58% was spent towards Tailoring programmes (₹2.63 crores}
followed by 26% for Computer Courses ( 1 .18 crores), and 15% for Plumbing, Electrical and
Mechanical category (68lakhs}. Some Centres offer multiple skills, and hence the expenditure
cuts across skill categories where multiple skills are offered.
The expenditure breakup is in line with the trainee numbers by category: 64% of the trainees
are in the Tailoring domain, 21% in Computer Courses and, 5% in Plumbing, Electrical and
Mechanical. The other skills being offered such as Spoken English, Food Processing or
Agri-based Products are low-resource requirement categories (e.g. for machinery, training
space, maintenance costs and raw materials} and therefore, even though 11% of the
trainees have undergone training, the expenditure is quite low ( 1 %} .
SSSSO Samitis consist of a large pool of committed and qualified volunteers (Seva Dais) who
undertake all organisational activities as an opportunity for selfless service. Thus, 71% of the
trainers across programmes are volunteers who accept no remuneration. This is reflected in
the trainer salary costs: only 14% of the costs over the last five years are salary costs for
trainers hired for the specific skill type. Volunteers from the Samitis assist the trainers where
required.
Operational expenses like rent,
electricity and maintenance form
the bulk of the expenditure (40%).
Raw materials for the training are
a fifth of the expenditure. Based
on the expenditure reported, the
per-trainee cost is extremely
modest.
Volunteer and Paid Trainers fry Skill Type
