The chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that better training in the tourism and hospitality sector will help in creating employment opportunities in the State. He was speaking during the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between the education department and the Swiss education group, Switzerland at the State secretariat on Thursday. Under the MoU the Swiss group will impart training to the students of class IX to XII in the field of tourism and hospitality. The group will also help in improving the curriculum of vocational education in the State.
Terming the agreement as a milestone for the State, the CM said that tourism and hospitality sectors have a great potential to provide employment in the State.
He said that the State government is making a concerted effort to promote tourism in Uttarakhand. Dhami said that apart from religious, spiritual and adventure tourism efforts are being made to promote eco tourism and wellness industry in the State. The CM said that Abhay Das Maharaj played an important role in the agreement with the Swiss group. He said lakhs of pilgrims visit Uttarakhand every year to visit Char Dhams and it is the endeavour of the State government that the pilgrims visit the State round the year. Dhami said that with this objective the work on the Manaskhand Mandir Mala mission is going on at a fast pace. Under the mission selection of 16 temples has been done in the first phase.
Abhaydas Maharaj said that the hospitality sector is needed to be strengthened for promoting tourism. He said that Uttarakhand is the centre of spirituality.
The secretary, school education Ravinath Raman said that the faculty of the Swiss education group will provide training to the students of schools under the agreement. The selected students will be imparted training of one month in Switzerland by the Swiss group.
The additional chief secretary Radha Raturi, representative of Swiss group Surya Pratap Singh Bhati and project director Samagra Shiksha Mukul Kumar Sati were present on the occasion.
