As part of the initiatives of Keonjhar district administration to develop the skills of the local youths for employment, the second block level training programme was held at Joda on Wednesday.
Inaugurating the programme, Joda BDO Khirod Chandra Behera told that candidates selected from here will be sponsered to different training institutes where they, depending upon their qualifications, will be given training for skill development up to diploma level and after completion of training ,they will be placed accordingly.
The duration of the course is from 6 months to a maximum 3 years. And the minimum required qualifications is standard eight for enrollment of selection, he added.
Aparna Dash ,Chief Project Officer, DMF told in her speech that DMF will bear all the expenses of the candidates and the payment will be made to the training institutes after they make sure that the candidates have been successfully given placement somewhere as per Government rules.
A total of 317 candidates of Joda block had come to register their names at Joda. Representatives of three important training institutes like CTTC, CIPET and SIHM were present to select the candidates.