Odisha targeting to impart skill training to 1.7 lac youths

Updated on: Thursday, June 21, 2012

Odisha government signed MoUs with nine different agencies and organisations having expertise in training youths in different skill development to create skilled manpower.
   
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said attending the MoU signing ceremony here, "We target to impart vocational training to 1.7 lakh young boys and girls this year in order to make them self sufficient".
    
Stating Odisha needed to train at least one million youths during the 12th Plan period, Patnaik asked the trainers to target the youths in Maoist-hit districts. The objective of imparting training to tribal youths was to discourage them from joining Maoist outfits.
   
Usha Padhee, director State Employment Mission, said, the training would be imparted in textiles/apparel, manufacturing, construction, driving, hospitality, health and as paramedics, security guards, IT/ITES, retail/sales, banking and insurance sectors.
   
Giving details about the objective of the Mission, Padhee said the programme aimed at enabling youths to become employed through market linked vocational training and enterprise based training.

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