An Inquiry into: Skill Development and Employment – P5 Exhibition

Hi, I am Naisha. I study in PYP 5. I am an 11 year old girl who loves playing golf and am really good at it. I also play the Piano.

Why did I select my inquiry?

My inquiry is about the issue of unemployment in India and how skill development and training can help people be employed and earn a living. I chose this issue because my family works with several organizations in India, helping train people in different skills, enabling them to lead a better life.

My central idea was: Skill building can lead to opportunities for employment.

My lines of Inquiry were:

Reasons for employment.

Vocation skill development leads to better employment opportunities.

Action to promote youth employment, education and training.

My transdisciplinary theme was: How we organize ourselves: An inquiry into the interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities; the structure and function of organizations; societal decision making; economic activities and their impact on humankind and the environment.

Less employment opportunities can impact India’s economic growth – India has many uneducated people, these people require skills for a better living. When they don’t have a job they won’t be able to earn money and that can make an impact on the economy.

My focus learner profile attributes were Knowledgeable: I have become knowledgeable about the issue of unemployment in India and the action that has been taken for skill development. Inquirer: I have developed the curiosity for this issue and done some research to find out more. I have also conducted an interview with an expert, spent some time at an organization to see how they develop unemployed people’s skills

My issue connects to the UN SDG8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth

My approaches to learning were Research Skills

Reliability of Sources- I used good sources that I trust I checked if it was safe to use from the methods that Ms. Devaki taught us.
Creating – I used different platforms to present my learning like making a website and creating a ppt presentation.

My links to the school Mission and Vision were Promote Learning – I think it is connected to promote learning, because these people need learning and at this school we encourage and promote education and learning and that is what the unemployed and uneducated people need.

Main Conceptual understandings, during my research I found out

Why is unemployment in India so high?

No access to opportunities – born into poor families
No basic skill development, training by parents, caregivers
No access to education
They are fighting for basic needs – food & drinking water, clothes and shelter, health and hygiene

Skills

To communicate properly – talk, listen, analyse, think, remember (memory)
Behave nicely, have proper manners, being clean – no spitting, no hitting others, not using bad words, no bad habits
Being thoughtful, showing empathy, self-control, self-disciplined, taking responsibility
Ability to use hands to do things – make and create things: Carpenter, Blacksmith, Glass maker, Pottery etc
Ability to read and write – this comes from education

When a person has skills…

they are able to get a job, earn money and they have a basic understanding of the world
they are able to get higher education and understand things better.
they have more access to more things like basic needs, education and etc…

What can we do to help…

According to Darpan website of the Government of India, there are more than 30,900 organizations that provide skill development training to people.

My primary sources – I conducted interviews to gather primary information. I interviewed staff from an organization call Lighthouse and Ms. Gayatri Kaul from DASRA.

My secondary sources would have been all the websites & videos that I had seen, and out into my research.

Here are some of the resources I created to help spread awareness about my inquiry

Website link to added here

https://sites.google.com/misp.org/skill-development-employment/skills

Google slides link here

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1O4jMzouUhPG9QXg6aJl2E9lSyQ6t0vipq9bp1EGLuOs/edit?usp=sharing

Inquiry that leads to action!

My personal action will be

I have created a website to spread awareness about Unemployment in India.

I will be creating a video on spreading awareness about the issue of Unemployment and what you can do to help.

In the future I will be spending some more time at the Lighthouse and help some people using the knowledge that I have.

My Exhibition reflection

I was lagging behind in my exhibition about a month ago. I thought that I would not succeed and do my presentation well. My teachers & parents really helped me and I am very grateful for that. I enjoyed the process of my exhibition because it was a new experience to make a website do so much research and present. I enjoyed making the slides presentation and practicing presenting to family and friends. I didn’t really like the part where we had to fill out sections of the exhibition learner journal like the plan section, notes section and more. I loved how smooth my presentation went. I think that I did a great job. My presentation could not have been this good without my teachers and parents.

References – My references/work cited are available on my website.

Human systems and economic activities	The study of how and why people construct organizations and systems; the ways in which people connect locally and globally; the distribution of power and authority.
Social organization and culture	The study of people, communities, cultures and societies in the ways in which individuals, groups and societies interact with each other.
Continuity and change through time	The study of the relationships between people and events through time; the past, its influences on the present and its implications for the future; people who have shaped the future through their actions.
Human and natural environments	The study of the distinctive features that give a place its identity; how people adapt to and alter their environment; how people experience and represent place; the impact of natural disasters on people and the built environment.
Resources and the environment	The interaction between people and the environment; the study of how humans allocate and manage resources; the positive and negative effects of this management; the impact of scientific and technological developments on the environment.

Living things	The study of the characteristics, systems and behaviours of humans and other animals, and of plants; the interactions and relationships between and among them, and with their environment.
Earth and space	The study of planet Earth and its position in the universe, particularly its relationship with the sun; the natural phenomena and systems that shape the planet and the distinctive features that identify it; the infinite and finite resources of the planet.
Materials and matter	The study of the properties, behaviours and uses of materials, both natural and human-made; the origins of human-made materials and how they are manipulated to suit a purpose.
Forces and energy	The study of energy, its origins, storage and transfer, and the work it can do; the study of forces; the application of scientific understanding through inventions and machines. (IBO, 2009)

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