GOAL Programme | Going Online As Leaders
Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Munda launched the “GOAL (Going Online As Leaders)” program me of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA). What you need to know about GOAL Program me? The GOAL (Going Online As Leaders) Program me of Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been launched in partnership with the social networking giant, Facebook.
The GOAL program me is designed to provide mentorship to tribal youth through digital mode.
The digitally enabled program envisages to act as a catalyst to explore hidden talents of the tribal youth, which will help in their personal development as well as contribute to all-round upliftment of their society. In this program, 5000 scheduled tribe youth (to be
called as ‘Mentees’) will get an excellent opportunity to get training by experts from different disciplines and fields (to be called as ‘Mentors’).
There will be 1 mentor for 2 mentees. The program aims to enable Scheduled Tribe (ST) youth in remote areas to use digital platforms for sharing their aspirations, dreams and talent with their mentors Starting with 5000, the program me can be extended to cover any number of tribal persons who show keen interest in being mentored to achieve their goals. Other Details about the Program me
The IT based system is designed to match mentors and mentees so that they are from similar profession and preferably speak same language.
The selected mentees will remain engaged in the program for nine months or 36 weeks comprising of 28 weeks of mentorship followed by eight weeks of internship. The program will focus on three core areas – Digital Literacy, Life Skills and Leadership and Entrepreneurship, and on sectors such as Agriculture, Art & Culture, Handicrafts & Textiles, Health, Nutrition, among others. All the selected mentees will be provided with smartphones and Internet access (for one year) by Facebook along with exposure to various external forums that will give opportunity to the participants to showcase their entrepreneurial skills and leadership abilities Efforts will be made to integrate the program with other government schemes such as Mudra Yojana, Kaushal Vikas Yojana, Jan Dhan Yojana, Skill India, Start Up India, Stand Up India, among others.
