Digital Upskilling Towards Economic Growth

Sarita, a 21-year-old student at Delhi University, is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in arts. Her family migrated from Aligarh to Delhi, following their neighbors’ footsteps in the hope of achieving their dream by working in a big city like Delhi. Her father came to the city with the same hope, but life had other plans for him. He found himself working as a gardener at an embassy, which unfortunately pays very little to sustain a family of six.  

Sarita grew up seeing her family’s impoverished situation, where her father works day and night to support the household. As a bright student, she got admission in a very reputed college, but she still wanted to do more to support her father. “My father, as a sole earner, is doing his best to provide a good quality education for my brothers and me, but if there is any way I could help him and take some responsibilities off his shoulders, I would be glad,” said Sarita.  

She came to know about the Digital Literacy for Women and Girls program, through one of the community meetings held by the local trainer. She enquired about the courses and class schedule and since her college was shut down due to Covid pandemic, she took this opportunity to enroll herself in the program.  

With the help of these classes, she can now use tools like MS Word, Excel, etc. She even learned to use Canva and other graphical tools taught in one of the workshops. She is now interested in learning more about tally and data entry courses that might help her get a part-time job.  

Sarita is very thankful for this program that lets her explore more career options and shows her a way to support her family financially.