Chhattisgarh has as many as 601 skill development training centres including 2 mobile centres operational in the State as on January 31, 2016, officials informed. Besides, to promote private training providers across the Country, the Central Government has set up National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) as a Public Private Partnership entity.
As on January 31, 2016, there are 4,415 operational training centers, including 394 mobile centers across 28 States and 5 Union Territories including Chhattisgarh (Training centres:- 601 including 2 mobile centres) which has the training programme in various sectors like Agriculture, Automobile, Building and Construction, Capital Goods, Gems and Jewelry, IT&ITES.
Nearly 6700 students of 9th and 10th standard in selected 121 schools of the State are availing new professional education under an important initiative of providing skill education in high schools, officials here informed.
Skilled trainers are training these students in subjects such as IT, retail business, automobile, health checkup, and agro-based business, they stated.
As per the directives of Chief Minister Raman Singh, State Secondary Education Mission under School Education Department has been implementing this system in high schools. School Education Minister Kedar Kashyap is regularly monitoring the progress to ensure systematic implementation of the system.