To promote skill among the youth, the Delhi Police South District launched a training centre under the “Yuva Scheme” at the Chittranjan Park police station. The event was graced by Delhi lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and was attended by the Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik and other senior police officers.
Inaugurating the Yuva Skills Centre, Baijal stated that it is a unique step taken by Delhi Police to reach out to the children who didn't have much to look forward in life. Identifying the perpetual and unending nature of duties performed by Delhi Police, Baijal said that the police is always around the citizens in all situations. Therefore, he envisaged that police could play an important role in channelizing the energy of our youth and imparting vocation based skills to the marginalized youth of our city.
“ We started with 8 Skill Centres in 8 police stations of Delhi. For this year, target is 12 more Skill Centres to make it a total of 20,” Patnaik said. 36 training partners and 45 skills were identified for the purpose of skill development in consultation with National Skill Development Corporation and Confederation of Indian Industries. Around 1900 youth including boys and girls in the age of 17 to 25 years were selected for training under the YUVA scheme, Patnaik added.
So far, 1014 youths including boys and girls have been selected for jobs in various companies including renowned companies. The YUVA beneficiaries largely come from underprivileged sections of our society mainly School dropouts, JCl, Victims of crimes, Families in dire state due to loss of the bread earner of the family, he said.
Romil Baaniya, DCP South said, “This centre is an extension of the initiative to provide job oriented training and skill development to underprivileged youth across the city,
This initiative was launched to engage and steer street children and youth towards the mainstream society, providing them opportunities to realize their potential and creating awareness about their potential through skill development training. In the beginning, eight police stations were selected for setting up the skill training centers.
“Training courses initially would be offered in the sectors of hospitality and retail certified by National Skill Development Corporation in addition to providing skills to the trainees in various soft skills, entrepreneurship abilities and computer skills. This is in synchronization with the availability of jobs related to the service sector in Delhi NCR region”, said the DCP.