Fuzzy Modelling of Youth, Education and Skill Development in India

In this present paper, the framework of youth empowerment, education and skill development are pivotal for socio-economic transformation in India. Currently traditional binary assessment techniques fail to adequately model the inherent uncertainties in human capabilities and socio-economic contexts. We propose in this paper a fuzzy logic-based modelling framework to systematically analyze youth development outcomes by integrating educational attainment, skill competencies, employability and socio-economic factors. This proposed model captures vagueness and subjective judgements using fuzzy sets and membership functions. Through empirical application on nationally representative data, fuzzy clusters reveal nuanced patterns of youth capability development across states. This paper contributes to policy modelling by providing a robust methodology to inform targeted interventions for education and skill development programmes.

Fuzzy modeling, youth development, education, skill development, fuzzy sets, India, policy analysis.

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