The Temasek Foundation International (TFI) and the ITE Education Services(ITEES), both of Singapore, and the Odisha Skill Development Authority (OSDA) held a two-week leadership development programme (LDP) here to bring in transformation in the ITIs run by the State Government.
About 100 Government ITI Principals and Skill Development and Technical Education officers participated.
Addressing reporters, Skill Development and Technical Education () and Panning and Convergence Minister Usha Devi hailed the event, named Programe Evaluation and Review (PER).
TFI Senior Director Gerald Yeo said his organisation wants to have more collaboration with the State for human and social capital development with positive networks of cooperation.
ITE Asia Director Lim Boon Tiong hailed the State Government’s commitment to revitalize the skill eco-system. He said the programme was the first step towards maintaining cooperation in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) between Singapore and Odisha.
SDTE Secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh spoke on the need of strengthening the skill eco- system. “The leadership training is just harbinger of many such collaborative projects which will set new benchmarks,” he said.
The delegate visited the special ITI for PWD at Jatani, ITIs at Brahmapur, Cuttack and Bhubaneswar and the World Skill Centre as part of the pogramme.