Already battling with several shortcomings including lack of teaching faculty, proper infrastructure and expertise, the Vice Chancellors of State run universities have a new target to achieve. They have to prepare 12,500 employable youths to be given appointment letters by the Government by January 12, 2019, when the Government is planning to achieve the aim of giving jobs to one lakh youths.
A letter addressed to Vice Chancellors of seven State run universities by the Chief Secretary of the State on Thursday states in details how the target of 12,500 jobs creation is to be achieved by the universities. It states that as per the decision taken in the third meeting of Jharkhand Skill Development Mission the Higher, Technical and Skill Development department has to distribute appointment letters to 60,000, out of which the target of 12,500 youths has to be achieved by the universities as per the department’s decision.
Giving specific targets, the CS has stated in the letter that Ranchi University, Ranchi has a target of 3,200 jobs, Sido Kanho Murmu University, Dumka – 1,300; Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh – 2,200, Nilamber Pitamber University, Palamu – 800; Kolhan University, Chaibasa – 2,100, Vinod Bihari Mahto University, Dhanbad -- 2,200 and Dr SP Mukherjee University, Ranchi has to prepare 700 youths for jobs.The CS has asked the VCs to divide the targets among colleges in the beginning itself so that training and placement cells of the colleges could begin the work. He has also asked to make at least 30,00 students including pass outs register themselves on the Chancellor Portal because the conversion rate of the selected youths comes to only 40 per cent.
The letter also talks about giving soft skills training to the registered youths so that their interest in getting the jobs remains intact. Additionally, the letter advises the VCs to choose 300-400 mentors for 30,000 students. The mentors, university officials will be trained by the Skill development department and in due course they will train the students.
The CS has further asked the VCs to strengthen the training and placement cells at University and college level so that good companies could be called for giving employment. Only those companies who will guarantee a minimum of Rs 12,000 per month salary to the youths would be invited for the purpose. The CS stated that the CM will begin appointment letter distribution on July 15, 2018 on the occasion of World Youth Skill Development Day at Chaibasa.
He has also asked the VCs to work in a phase wise manner to achieve the goal and apprise the skill development department about developments from time to time.