Taking a step towards empowering women in the State, the Punjab Government has decided to establish two state-of-the-art ‘Apparel Skill Training Centres’ in Mohali and Bathinda. The proposed Centres would impart ‘free of cost’ training to the women in apparel skills.
The decision was taken by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal while presiding over a high-level meeting of the senior officers of the State Government and representatives of different Government technical training institutes on Monday.
Badal asked the State Principal Secretary, Industries, to work out a comprehensive plan for establishing these two special institutes to provide skill training to the female trainers. He said that these female trainers would further train the womenfolk in their respective villages and surrounding areas thereby enabling them to earn their livelihood with dignity.
The Chief Minister gave his nod to constitute a committee under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary Industries and Commerce for finalising this project. He also proposed that under this project, six-month certificate course and one-year diploma course would be initiated. Badal asked the department to chalk out academic as well as other modalities pertaining to providing free hostel facilities to the trainees.