UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGIES IN YOUNG PEOPLE LIVES

N N Sinha, Pr. Secretary, IT & RD, GoJ

WHICH ASPECTS OF YOUTH ARE IMPACTED BY TECHNOLOGY?

Teaching and learning Health and wellness, esp. SRH, substance

abuse, mental health, risky behaviour Skills and employment Consumer behaviour Civic, political and social engagement Creativity, hobbies and self expression Services and outreach Entertainment

WHICH TECHNOLOGIES?

Mobile Devices Diverse communication media:

SMS/IM/email/IVRS/USSD Social Media Blogging/Twitter Virtual reality MOOC Video sites Wikisites Mapping & GIS based services Ecommerce and Payment services

INTERNET STATISTICS OF INDIA

Users: 243 M (2014) 500 M (2018) Mobile Internet: 220 M (2014) 41 % access Social Media thru Mobile Ecommerce vol.: $24 B (2015, India) Various Social Media users:

Facebook (100 M) Whatsapp (70 M) Twitter (33 M) LinkedIn ($24M)

¾ SM access through mobile 6.5 % digitally literate

TCS SURVEY ON YOUTH TECHNOLOGY USE (2013-14)

Young India mode of Commn. F2F->Phone call->Social Media->IM->SMS->email-

>twitter Social Media for friendship and socializing 50 % claim use for current affairs & knowledge

sharing increased with Social Media On an avg. of 1 hr use 6/10 purchasing through eCommerce site Whatsapp/Viber replacing conventional IM/SMS Mobile, Tablets, laptops are preferred devices

SOCIAL MEDIA AND CHANGE

Arab Spring Lok Sabha Elections Mygov.in 50 % use Social Media as source of news (US) Social Media for crime detection & other

police tasks 1/6 in US credited jobs to social media 59 % of students used social media for

discussing academics

SOME EXAMPLES OF USE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR YOUTH

MOOC Youtube educational channel Wikipedias Teleeducation Polishing of soft skills Blogging Social Media Content authoring tools Tuition & preparatory sites: online distribution Forums and interest groups Online books

SOME MORE EXAMPLES

Online Employment Exchanges: Jharkhand Online Skill Development Portal: Jharkhand ARH: information, counselling, supplies Educational/ Skill Dev. through CSCs:

NIELIT, NIOS, IGNOU, Mass IT Literacy Access to online services through CSCs Dissemination of designs for silk weaving :

CDAC Helpline services/call centre services

JHARKHAND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

Fu t u r e P l a n

Employment

Exchange

Skill Developm

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Organized Sector Data

Unorganized Sector

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Comprehensive Labour Market

Recruitment Portal

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