The Kondagon District Administration will be opening a ‘livelihood College’ shortly for skill development of the locals in this insurgency-hit district which comes under a sprawling Bastar region.
The Dantewada district already has a ‘livelihood College’ in Bastar region. District Collector Vijay Kumar Dhurve stated that special efforts are underway for capacity building of the youth in the district under the State Government’s ‘Skill Development Mission’. He said that a ‘Walk-in’ interview would be held for the guest trainers on September 2 at the District Collectorate for their appointment with the 'livelihood College' in Kondagaon.
The candidates declared successful in the ‘Walk-in’ interview would be appointed as trainers for the programme, Dhurve said. The district administration has devised an Action Plan for training local youth in 11 different skills , he said. The trainers who would be appointed for the ‘livelihood College’ would be trained by experienced trainers from the National Council of Vocational Training. The college would offer recognised courses under the skill development training programme.
The 11 courses in which skill development training would be provided are—Banking and Accounting, Beauty Culture and Hair Dressing Parlour, Electrical Fitting and Maintenance, Electrical and Mobile phone repairs, Sewing Machine training, Fashion Designing, Hospitality profession, Computer Training under Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Medical and Nursing, ‘Rajmistry’ and Carpentery, Insurance policy sales.
The successful candidates would also be offered avenues for self as well as general employment. The guest trainers at the ‘livelihood College’ would be offered Rs 75 to Rs 100 per hour as an honorarium for teaching work at the college, Dhurve said. He said that the trainers would be appointed on a temporary basis for a period of one year. In case of satisfactory performance by the trainers, the tenure could be extended, the Collector stated.