To regulate the framework for immigration consultants and IELTS centers in Punjab, the State Government will soon draft a Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) in collaboration with the immigration departments of foreign countries.
The decision was taken in a high level meeting under the chairmanship of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Technical Education and Employment Generation Minister Rana Gurjit Singh, which was jointly conducted by Department of Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training and Department of Home Affairs.
The Ministers underscored the need for framing the SOP to regulate the ghost immigration consultants to stop fake marriages and control of biometric appointment issues in Punjab. They also said that a policy will also be formulated in coordination with IDP Education Limited, an International body for conducting IELTS tests.
Randhawa said that the state’s youth are moving to foreign lands, and the State Government is committed to provide them a legalised framework through which they move abroad without falling prey to sharks who are trying to mint money by fulfilling their dreams through illegal way.
No stone will be left unturned for ensuring that youth don’t get exploited in hands of fake and illegal travel agents, he added.
Rana Gurjit said that the Institute will facilitate in setting up of IELTS Training and Testing Centres in Technical Universities under the monitoring of the state’s Technical Education Department so as to regulate the private IELTS centers.