As many as 51,416 youth have undergone training in different trades under the Central Government’s skill development initiative and the Chief Minister’s skill development scheme till October in the current year (2014-15).
This was disclosed in a meeting of divisional commissioners and collectors held in the Mantralaya here on Thursday. Presiding over the meeting, Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand reviewed various Government schemes and programmes.
He said that for quality education in schools, the officers should ensure that regular inspection of schools to maintain regular studies and attendance of the teachers. Action should be taken against the absent teachers, adding, that the Collectors should also take classes in the schools.
Dhand took stock of computerisation of B1 forms, maps, and khasra besides surrendering of bags by the Patwaris.
The Chief Secretary said that the computerised B1 and Khasra besides map should be available with the patwaris so that common people and farmers do not face any inconvenience in getting these documents.
The issues related to demarcation should be resolved timely and no cases should be left pending.
He further said that the State government has issued order for ban on polythene from January 1, 2015 and the order should be implemented effectively in all districts.
He also directed the government officers and employees to remain at their respective headquarters and action will be taken against those who fail to do so. The Chief Secretary directed the collectors to take effective steps to check illegal sale of liquor and to launch a de-addiction campaign which will shall also include awareness activities like street plays.
Additional Chief Secretary of Panchayat and Rural Development Department MK Raut, Secretary of Higher Education Department Dr Bl Agrawal and other senior officers were present in the meeting. Notably, the State government on September 17 this year had announced that it will open 10 more ‘livelihood Colleges’ to provide a boost to its skill development programme under implementation across the State. Technical and Manpower Development Minister Prem Prakash Pandey reviewing the activities of State Manpower Skill Development Authority had stated that livelihood colleges will be started soon at- Narayanpur, Gariaband, Dhamtari, Baloda Bazar, Mahasamund, Mungeli, Janjgir-Champa, Balrampur, Surajpur and Koriya districts.
Pandey stated hat 31,024 candidates were trained under the skill development initiative till August this year . About 21,205 students were trained under the State ManpowerSkill Development Authority.
The officials in the meeting had informed that livelihood Colleges were started in 13 districts-Dantewada, Bijapur,Sukma, Bastar,Kanker, Kondagaon, Rajnandgaon, Raipur, Raigarh,Bilaspur, Korba, Surguja and Jashpur. The students aretrained in construction, fabrication, electrical services, readymade garments manufacturing, computer training, electronics, automotive repair and hospitality professions.
About 600 youth were trained last year. This apart, about 1,000 youth will be trained in each college during 2014-15 according to their field of interest. About 4,200 youth are being trained in 12 livelihood Colleges in the current year, officials informed.
Notably, the State government had also been aggressively deploying financial resources for renovation as well as creation of new infrastructure facilities for promotion of training related to handicraft development. As a consequence, as many as 220 workshops and Office-cum- Warehouse buildings have been renovated at the cost of Rs 34. 68 lakh in the State.
This apart, about 193 new workshop buildings have been constructed at the cost of Rs 54.83 lakh, officials informed.
Under Integrated Handicraft Development Scheme of State Government’s Rural Industry Department, as many as 1130 beneficiaries have been benefited in previous financial year 2013-14.
Officials informed that total 140 beneficiaries have attended the new ‘Weaving Training Session.’ An amount of Rs 45.69 lakh have been spent on organizing the training programme. Under Skill Improvement Training Programme, nearly Rs 3.60 lakh have been spent on 20 other beneficiaries.
A total of 44 handloom weavers have been provided with financial aid of Rs 22 lakh, 210 advanced equipment worth Rs 29.38 lakh and 276 supportive equipment worth Rs 7.58 lakh. In the previous financial year, Rs 50,000 were spent on promotion of schemes.