Chief Secretary Sunil Kumar has given instructions to initiate and conduct skill development and employment-oriented training courses for youths according to the market demand.
CS gave aforementioned instructions while reviewing the works of Chhattisgarh State Skill Development Authority, developed by State Government.In the review meeting organized at Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhavan, Sunil Kumar instructed the officials concerned to involve government organizations, units of public-undertakings and also private companies, in order to provide training to the youths.
Department concerned will have to expedite the required process in order to achieve the target of providing quality training to more than 2 lakh youngsters of State by year 13-14, said Chief Secretary in the meeting. He instructed all the District Collectors to issue orders for monitoring of the entire process. Soon a video conference of all District Collectors will be organized in the context.
CS Kumar also gave instructions to create awareness among youth regarding the Skill Development Act, through promotional campaigns, and appoint District Manager of Industry Department as nodal officer for the same. It is noteworthy that after the aforementioned act is published in the gazette, State Government will have to compulsorily meet the demand of youths for providing training in the skill of their choice, within 90 days.
In the meeting officials informed that State has a total of 1124 registered training providers. Interested institutions may apply online at official website of State Skill Development Authority. The State Skill Development Authority is presently providing training 1408 trades. Chief Secretary has instructed to commence training courses in food processing, small forest produce processing, etc.
In the meeting, Principal Secretary Home NK Oswal, Principal Secretary Agriculture Ajay Singh, Principal Secretary Health MK Raut, Secretary Technical Department Nidhi Chhibbar, Secretary School Education Dinesh Shrivastav, Secretary Commerce and Industry Amitabha Jain, Chief Executive Officer Santosh Mishra, CEO State livelihood College OP Choudhary, Additional CEO SK Tripathi and other officials were also present.