Haryana to provide paid internships for students in professional courses

Updated on: Friday, February 18, 2011

The Haryana government has decided to provide paid internship for students pursuing professional courses in the state. Officials said that the internship would be provided to students studying engineering and post graduation in management, social welfare, journalism and mass communication at recognised universities and institutions in Haryana.

Haryana education minister Geeta Bhukkal said, “Students, who complete their studies in April 2011, will be absorbed as interns for projects such as quality initiative coordinators, community mobilisers and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Coordinators.”

“Working within the school education system will provide wide exposure to interns. We have 16,000 schools, 105,000 teachers and 26 lakh school children. No other organisation could match the volume and scale of the school education department,” she said.

All the interns will be paid a monthly stipend of Rs 15, 000 and their internship will be extended up to one year. The students will also be provided a laptop and internet facility from the department.

Bhukkal said that a selection process would be conducted to finalise the interns and they would be provided induction training after selection.

“The interns will be exposed to various aspects in human resource development like quality initiatives and manpower requirements, budgeting and financing, community mobilisation training programmes and management during the induction training,” the minister added.

Interested students can forward their applications either through e-mail at [email protected] or through post to the Joint Director (Education). Application form can be downloaded from www.schooleducationharyana.gov.in.

Haryana to provide paid internships for students in professional courses

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