YuWaah Platform launched

YuWaah Platform launched

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Welfare schemes

In news

• Recently, the Government has launched YuWaah.
• It is a multi-stakeholder platform to make young people career ready.
• Launched by: The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
• A ‘Statement of Intent’ has also been signed to establish Generation Unlimited in India (YuWaah).

Objectives of YuWaah

• Providing career guidance support to young people through career portal.
• Job-readiness and self-exploration sessions to make young people career-ready.
• Supporting young people by providing entrepreneurship classes with successful entrepreneurs and experts.
• Creating linkages with aspirational economic opportunities to connect young people with jobs or self-employment. For this, innovative solutions and technology platforms will be engaged to maximize the scale and reach.
• Upskilling young people on 21st century skills, life skills, digital skills and supporting them through self-learning, for their productive lives and the future of work.

Important value additions

Generation Unlimited in India (GenU – YuWaah)

• It was founded in September 2018.
• Aim: To transform education, employment and entrepreneurial outcomes for young people around the world at a global and local level
• It was launched by UNICEF at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly.