Internet hold the key to boost India’s education level and employment rate
The latest and biggest concern amount
the youth in our country is Wi-Fi, reports of children studying in big cities
refusing to go back to their villages because of not having a Wi-Fi connection
are a big concern and with reports of Delhi getting a city wide Wi-Fi
connection a real possibility the use of the internet for the development of
the country should follow.
The internet is already boosting
education and development with many schools already using "smart
boards" instead of the same old dusty chalk powder covered blackboards.
Skype tuition is also a new trend as traffic had made moving through
metropolitan cities nearly impossible.
With India‘s GDP predicted to
rise the number of job opportunities should rise with it .India turns out over
10 million graduates a year and yet fifteen percent of these job seekers still
struggle while seeking a job .This means that they are forced to move out of
the country in search for jobs this causes a serious problem of "brain
drain" in our country .Weather or not the so called brain drain is due to
a lack or jobs or a lack of awareness is debatable.
When Neuvoo launched in India within weeks the website went viral with
lakhs of users using it .With India‘s internet speeds rising more and more jobs
are being found online. Neuvoo works similarly to a google search, the user
simply enters the location and the category of jobs he would like to search for
and lakhs of results appear instantly, the best part is the users do not pay
for the service. Neuvoo is based out of Canada and Switzerland but has a small
sales force in India and recently the company has been registered in India.
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The process of using the app is
very simple, simply enter the sector, finance or marketing or tourism, then the
location and click search.
With India being the second
largest market for smart phone users in the world after China, the Neuvoo smartphone app makes it easy and simple for people to
search for jobs .Now even people living in rural parts of India have access to
jobs not only in the country but all over the world. With India’s cheapest
smartphones starting from a price of around a hundred Rupees or approximately 2
dollars and a regular "pay as you go” internet connection soon employment
should be within everyone’s reach. Over forty percent of India‘s population
works in the primary sector even more so in states like Bihar and Punjab. Within
this sector most of the employment is in sustenance farming where most crops
grown are consumed by the family cultivating them, this leaves little space for
economic progress, websites like this along with E-books and online classes
could hold the key to India‘s progress.
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The so called "normal
places" for Indians to work like the Dubai or the U.S will soon become a
thing of the past with more people being informed about employment
opportunities all over the world.
A few years ago the government
started schemes like giving bicycles and a meal or two a day to children in
order to encourage them to come to school, maybe it is time to update the
scheme and add an internet connection to schools in rural areas, the
possibilities are endless, instant updating of books every year, learning out
of the syllabus and even finding employment.
Children in Nigeria are already
using the internet to download E-books making learning easier, which has not
seemed to have happened in India of late, with the government still having
children buy a large number of books at the beginning of the school year .Having
children use the internet from a young age could enable them to find their own opportunities.
Learning through the internet using presentations and videos can also help children‘s
visual learning as well as work as an Eco-friendly alternative to books.
It not only helps people looking
for jobs but also small business looking to hire new talent, Neuvoo directly
indexes companies to its webpage and this is far more economical than having to
post a job advertisement on a job board which charge a high fee for postings
whereas job aggregates like Neuvoo charge a pay per click which can be far
more economical for smaller companies.
People who have little access to
employment in their own country can search for alternatives in neighboring
countries or across the globe should they please. An increase in employment
levels being one of the key goals of the government today, websites like Neuvoo
could hold the answer.
The “make in India” campaign is
making headlines all over the country ,making in India will also require a
large amount of man power which the country has with no doubt but the problem
could however be in getting the message to the thousands who lack employment .
If you are a student looking for
a job please click here: Neuvoo
Article by Manvendra Kikkeri
