From LABS, to LIFE #dreamwithDRF

DRF pioneered LABS (Livelihood Advancement Business School), an effective short-term skill development program that prepares youth for careers in emerging service sectors such as Hospitality, Customer Relations and Sales/ Retail Sales, BPO voice and non-voice and other market-driven service domains. The core focus of the training program is to ensure placements, thereby addressing issues of employability and income generation, and improving the quality of life of underprivileged youth in India.

Over 290,000 youth have been trained to date under the LABS program, with an average placement rate of 70%. Operational in over 75 centers across India, this one-of-its kind business school tells the collective success story of tens of thousands of economically disadvantaged youth, and of their journey to self-respect and financial independence.

Major Highlights

• School/ college dropouts in the age group of 18-30 years undergo a 45-day training program in a specific domain that renders them employable and work ready.
  
  
• LABS provides technical and soft skills training in an environment of interactive learning and mentoring, which develops the inherent strengths of these youth and enables them to gain a foothold in the competitive job market.
• The curriculum is constantly upgraded in tune with industry requirements. The aspirants are also put through intensive Communicative English, on-the-job training and work-readiness modules to help them understand and tackle the workplace effectively.
• The success of the LABS approach has led government and non-government training agencies to implement similar models across the country. 100+ training agencies and 18 government ministries are implementing similar models as part of their skill development initiatives.
• Since September 2011, this model has undergone a shift towards sustainability, primarily through two major enhancements: 1) charging aspirants a small fee, thus converting them from beneficiaries to customers; and 2) making process innovations to decrease costs, thus making it an affordable model that can have a larger impact.
  
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