Haryana Government has decided to impart skill development training to 20,000 youths under Integrated Skill Development Scheme in the next two years.
A Government spokesman said this scheme has been implemented in seven districts of the sState—Panipat, Bhiwani, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Hisar, Ambala and Rohtak and the maximum duration of the training would be six months.
Under this scheme, scholarship of Rs1,000 would also be given to students after successfully completing six months vocational skill training in knitting, cutting, garment dyeing, block printing, embroidery, handloom, garment designing.
The spokesperson said for this training, selection of candidates would be made on the basis of training requirement, interest and commitment of the applicant. The eligible candidate should be of 14-35 years of age. Priority would be given to candidates belonging to scheduled castes, backward classes, minorities, women, students who left school, disabled and those belonging to below poverty line families.
Every candidate has to give training fee of Rs500 and the expenditure on this training would be borne by the State Government, he added.