Punjab Government on Tuesday announced free training of English and Punjabi stenography, along with basic computer for one-year for the session 2017-18.
Announcing this, State Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Welfare Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot said: “To make the graduate youth of the State hailing from SC category skilled enough to increase their chances of employment, free training pertaining to English and Punjabi stenography apart from basic computer for one year would be provided during session 2017-18.”
He said after finishing their training, they would not only be capable of earning handsome salaries in private and Government sector but could also start their own typing ventures. Dharamsot said the selected youth would be provided the training in Stenography Training Institutions of Amritsar, Ferozepur, Patiala and SAS Nagar ‘free of cost’.
The selected youth would be given student scholarship to the tune of Rs 1,500 per month during training, he added.