To provide ‘job-oriented’ education rather than ‘certificate-oriented’, Haryana Skill Development Mission (HSDM) on Thursday signed an agreement with Magic Billion (Unit TGM Services Private Limited), a registered India International Skill Centre (IISC) as a National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) Partner for International Apprenticeship, Employment opportunities in Germany for the youth of the State.
As per the agreement, the Magic Billion would provide residential training to around 200 candidates in various sectors including nursing, hospitality, food retail, restaurant service and construction.
This was stated during the seventh meeting of Governing Council of HSDM chaired by Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal.
On the occasion, the Chief Secretary was apprised that a ‘World Skill Centre’, to provide training in Vocational Education and Skill Development to the youth of State, would be set up at GITI Musaidpur, Gurugram.
It was also informed that the training provider will ensure a minimum of 70 percent placement to successfully certified candidates with domestic and international brands within India as well as overseas (minimum 15 percent).
Besides, the provider would also ensure adequate infrastructure development, along with course curriculum development, training of Master Trainer, and various recurring and non-recurring activities of the training. In addition to the skill training, Training Provider will also provide training in foreign languages as per requirement.
The Chief Secretary was apprised that the Training Provider will provide capacity building training to 50 ITIs instructors, trainers through International Master Trainers, free of cost.
Kaushal was apprised that in the first phase, a target to train 680 candidates in various sectors including Tourism and Hospitality, Retail, IT and ITES, Accounts, Banking and Finance, Logistic, and Beauty and Wellness has been set.
It was informed that under state-funded SURYA scheme, till now 43,165 trainees have been mobilized and 10,517 are undergoing training. SURYA is an acronym for Skilling, Up-skilling, Re-skilling of Youth and Assessment funded by State.
Under this scheme, target allocation has been done for Short-Term Training (STT), Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), Driver Training, and Heavy Motor Vehicle Driver Training (HMV).