A total of 1,000 youth from tribal dominated and insurgency-ridden Bastar region would be offered free training in ‘Telecom Equipment Operation and Maintenance’, an official statement issued here stated on Wednesday.
This apart, 75 per cent of the successful youth in the training programme who would be selected from a total of seven 'Integrated Tribal Development' projects in Bastar region has been promised a guarantee of securing a job in New Delhi by the State government.
Administrator and Nodal Officer of Integrated Tribal Development Project in Jagdalpur P l Ramteke informed that the regions in the seven project areas of Bastar division from where the youth would be selected for the training programme are—Jagdalpur, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur, Sukma and Bhanupratappur.
The educated unemployed youth from Below Poverty line (BPl) category among the Scheduled Castes community who possess the required eligibility would be offered training in Telecom Equipment Operation and Maintenance, he said.
The applicant will have to fulfil certain conditions before he or she is allowed to take up the training programme such as being a domicile of Chhattisgarh with a permanent caste certificate of Scheduled Caste category who are below poverty line. The age of the applicant should be between 21 to 35 years on July 1, 2012.
This apart, the applicant must have secured 50 per cent marks in the High School examination.The training to the youth would be provided by Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industries at Community Center, New Delhi with whom the Training Department had tied up for offering training to the youth.
The training would be of one month and would be offered at the Training Division of the Jagdalpur District Headquarters with free lodging and boarding facilities to be provided to the selected candidates.
The selection of the candidates would take place at the headquarters of the Integrated Tribal Development Programme in Bastar division.
After the training programme, 75 per cent of the beneficiaries would be ensured employment through Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industries at Community Center, New Delhi.
The application for the training programme would be received till September 5 this year upto 5 pm at the Project Office of the Integrated Tribal Development Programme of the seven selected regions in the Bastar division.