Opening the chapter of technical training to the unemployed youth of the State, unfolding new vistas of self employment for them, Punjab Government on Friday gave its nod to set up vocational training centers in all Adarsh Schools of the State.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal asked the State Chief Secretary Rakesh Singh to draft a policy for setting up vocational training centers in all Adarsh Schools of the State so that quality technical training could be imparted to the youth belonging to the rural areas.
The decision was taken in the meeting of Punjab Education Development Board, held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
Badal emphasised that with the opening of these centers, quality education could be imparted to the students besides opening the new avenues of self employment for them.
During the meeting, permission was granted to Adarsh School being run by Bharti Foundation to open one such centre at the school.
Divulging details, Board’s member Rakesh Mittal said that these centers would be opened in two out of five schools run by the foundation as pilot projects.
“In these centres, the unemployed youth of the area along with students of senior secondary classes in the schools would be imparted technical training thereby enabling them for the self employment,” said he.
Mittal categorically said that these centres would not take any fee from the students against the technical training imparted to them.