Pravesh Utsav, organized by the government of Gujarat, aims to increase enrolment in schools through support and advocacy. To aid this initiative, Honda 2Wheelers India has provided uniforms, stationery, education kits, bags, shoes and water bottles to students in the rural areas of Taluka Mandal, Vithalapur and Ahmedabad. We have also provided tricycles, block games, and other toys to Anganwadis in Taluka Mandal, Detroj and Viramgam.
On successful completion of the technical course, Honda distributed certificates to the batch of students in its Technical Centre of Excellence in Lucknow. To train students on the latest developments of the two-wheeler industry, Honda has set up Technical Centres of Excellence at 4 locations in Karnal, Pune, Lucknow & Bhubaneshwar. The students are trained here for various profiles- technicians, supervisors & advisors.
Giving wings to young women’s dream of becoming a commercial pilot, Honda announced a unique CSR initiative on women empowerment. Named as SAPNO KI UDAAN, the initiative will help those bright young women who are unable to pursue their dreams due to lack of financial support. Honda will provide 100% scholarship to 20 deserving young females from Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan & Karnataka in becoming commercial pilots. It will bear the entire cost of training right from their selection to a training period of 18 months in one of India’s leading flying schools and later will assist them in getting jobs as commercial pilots.
To safeguard vulnerable children, Honda 2Wheelers India in collaboration with Railway Children India runs the 'Surakshit Bachpan' program. Through this initiative, we have showcased our commitment to save and protect children who are homeless and need support near railway stations of Delhi. The project also aims to create awareness on child protection issues at the railway's stations. We felicitated 28 officials of Railway Protection Force for their noteworthy effort in protecting children from, abuse and other risks at Delhi's railway's stations.
This year, the Repair Guru Project was initiated with the objective of skill development and entrepreneurship creation in the telecom and electronics repair space. The Repair Guru hub is expected to operate as a skill development cum incubation center for potential entrepreneurs. Set up in Manesar, the hub is equipped with state of the art training infrastructure for mobile repair training. Through this initiative, we aim to train 130 youth in the 34 neighboring villages under a three-month mobile repair training program. After successful completion and on clearing the assessment, students will receive government certification. We also aim to support the trained youth in establishing their own mobile repair shops in the local area. We envisage supporting at least 40 such entrepreneurs.
As per India Skills Report 2019, only 47.38% of graduates in India are employable. This means that every second graduate in India is unemployable. A critical analysis of the situation brings to the scanner the quality of education imparted and received by the students in the country. As per Pearson Voice of Teachers Survey (2015), the teaching community (44%) expressed their need for industry training of teachers in addition to merit-based industry internships (48%) for students. This links the entire cycle of teaching and teachers that are at loggerheads in the country culminating into un-employability of fresh graduates. Science education in India faces various practical challenges today. Our inability to make science and math education easy to learn and understand has led to generations of students and parents living with the fear of being unable to understand the basic concepts.
Coupled with it the burden of less teaching staff in schools has aggravated the entire issue for underprivileged children. Science education is imperative for the growth of every child and more so when we talk about the child's scientific temper, hence the Mini Science Centre – (MSC) that supports and encourages the students to develop aptitude & skills. With the funding provided by Honda, STEM Learning Private Limited planned to install Mini Science Centre (MSC) and undertake refresher training for science teachers in 5 government schools around the Honda plant in Vithalapur, Gujarat. This shall serve the dual purpose of understanding the concepts of science with ease as well as impart practical training which is easy to grasp. This shall further help in transforming these schools as “Model schools” portraying the best teaching practices to schools in and around Vithalapur area.
The project has been running in five different primary schools in Vithalapur, Gujarat (i.e. Karshanpura Primary School, Manipura Primary School, Sitapur Primary School, Ugharoj Primary School, and Vithalapur Primary School). In the month of November 2018 twelve teachers across government schools of Vithalapur have been trained by STEM Educators. The main aim of the training was to improve the pedagogical skills of the teachers, improve their understanding of science concepts and enable them to use the science models in classes. These shall help make teaching and learning fun exercise. The Honda 2Wheelers initiative of providing better “Education” to children in Vithalapur area of “Gujarat” aligns with larger UNDP goal of reducing vulnerability to poverty, building better and sustainable communities as well as making the world a better place to live in. The CSR effort especially converges with UNDP Goal 4 representing “Quality of Education” which would ultimately lead to employable graduates and improved GDP growth of the country.
Pravesh Utsav, organized by the government of Gujarat, aims to increase enrolment in schools through support and advocacy. To aid this initiative, Honda 2Wheelers India has provided uniforms, stationery, education kits, bags, shoes and water bottles to students in the rural areas of Taluka Mandal, Vithalapur and Ahmedabad. We have also provided tricycles, block games, and other toys to Anganwadis in Taluka Mandal, Detroj and Viramgam.
Honda 2Wheelers India inaugurated a 6-month nursery management vocational training course for students with speech & hearing impairments. Working at the Haryana government-run Welfare Centre for Persons with Speech and Hearing impairment Institute premises in Gurgaon, the existing green-house facility will be used to teach specially-abled students on growing non seasonal vegetables. The amount generated through selling these vegetables shall be a source of earning for the institute. Through this initiative, we will support the center in setting up the requisite infrastructure and vocational training facilities.
In our efforts to promote school education, government schools in Faridabad were equipped with required teaching equipment and basic amenities such as desks, chairs, ceiling fans, almirahs, blackboards, and water coolers. Additionally, in Narnaud, Haryana we have extended infrastructure support by setting up computer labs through Literacy India, a leading NGO. In Hoskote and Sulibale, Karnataka, suitable government schools and colleges were identified in collaboration with Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), necessary support infrastructure like computer labs, chemistry labs, student benches, and staff chairs, water cooler with RO, and sports equipment was provided.
In association with LabourNet, Honda 2Wheelers India made available vocational training programs to the underprivileged, helping them to create opportunities that nurture their talent and realize their potential. Our programs are currently running in Karnal, Pune, Bangalore, Lucknow, and Bhubaneswar. We have envisaged training 3000 candidates with minimum 50% placements as two-wheeler technicians, supervisors, and advisors. This year, we inaugurated the Honda Centre of Excellence in Alwar to train youth in three new courses namely computer tally, retail sales, and electrician. These courses, aimed at training 750 youth, are NSDC approved and run by Labournet.
Honda 2Wheelers partnered with FUEL to empower the youth of our country with the ability to make the right decisions with regards to their career and professional growth. As part of this initiative, career guidance and counseling programs were conducted in government and government-aided schools. The schools selected were in rural and semi-urban areas across Manesar (Haryana) and Tijara (Rajasthan), with the students belonging to low-income backgrounds. Through this intervention, we conducted career seminars wherein students are informed of various career choices available to them. Additionally, students were assessed in their aptitude, interest, and personality through various psychometric tests, basis which counseling was provided. Students and their parents were provided a hotline number to receive personalized guidance on college admissions vocational training courses and scholarships.
