{"id":39,"date":"2023-10-09T05:27:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T23:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/uncategorized\/goal-programme\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T06:38:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T01:08:48","slug":"goal-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/news\/upsc\/goal-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"GOAL Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Context:<\/strong> Recently, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Meta (formerly Facebook)<\/strong> have launched the second phase of the GOAL Programme (GOAL 2.0).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GOAL Programme<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • GOAL (Going Online As Leaders)<\/strong> is a joint initiative of Meta (<\/strong><\/strong>formerly Facebook)<\/strong> and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The GOAL Programme is designed to provide mentorship to tribal youth through digital mode.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The program will focus on three core areas –<\/strong> Digital Literacy, Life Skills and Leadership, and Entrepreneurship.<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Programme is fully funded<\/strong> by Meta (Facebook India).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The program intends to upskill and empower 5,000 tribal youths in the current phase<\/strong> to harness the full potential of digital platforms and tools to learn new ways of doing business, explore and connect with domestic and international markets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Programme has been designed with a long-term vision<\/strong> to develop the potential of tribal youth and women <\/strong>to help them acquire skills and knowledge through mentorship in various sectors including horticulture, food processing, bee keeping, tribal art and culture, medicinal herbs, entrepreneurship among others.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The program aims to enable Scheduled Tribe (ST) youth<\/strong> in remote areas to use digital platforms for sharing their aspirations, dreams, and talent with their mentors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • All the mentees will be provided with smartphones and Internet access<\/mark> (for one year) by Facebook<\/strong> along with exposure to various external forums that will give the opportunity to the participants to showcase their entrepreneurial skills and leadership abilities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The program will also create awareness amongst tribal beneficiaries about various schemes<\/strong> initiated by Central and State Governments for the welfare of STs as well as their fundamental duties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
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    GOAL 2.0<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    • 1st Phase<\/strong> of the GOAL Programme was launched as a pilot project in May 2020<\/strong> and it was completed by December 2021<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Goal 2.0 Programme will be\u00a0open to all people from tribal communities.<\/strong>\n
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      • In Phase-I, the digital mentorship was provided online by attaching one mentor to 2 mentees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The program aims to upskill and digitally enable tribal youth via Facebook live sessions and Meta Business Coach<\/strong>, a digital learning tool.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • There will be special focus on more than 10 lakh members of 50000 Vandhan Self Help Groups.<\/strong>They will be digitally trained<\/strong> with regard to market demand, packaging, branding and marketing of their products.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The GOAL 2 will enable maximum participation and percolation of benefits<\/strong> of the training within the tribal youth with provision of Chatbot<\/strong>, need based on line sessions<\/strong> from Industry experts in different fields as per requirements from the mentees.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Agencies Involved:<\/strong>\n
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        • The Ministry of Tribal Affairs in coordination with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology,<\/strong> will be providing 6 digital classes in each of the 175 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS)<\/strong> selected under the program.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • The project is being implemented by The Education and Research Network, <\/strong>which is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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