The State Government has established a livelihood College in the district headquarters with a view to providing employment-oriented technical training to youth of tribal dominated Koriya district.
The admissions in the college will commence from December 1 this year, District Collector S Prakash informed on Friday.
In this college, students will be provided technical training in various fields such as computer operation, stitching, fabrication, beautician, motor vehicle, security guard, driver, printing, photography, mobile repairing and mason etc, he said.
In each of the trade mentioned, a total of 30 youth will be provided training. The trainees will receive a certificate after completing their course.
The livelihood College will also offer other courses based on market demand and regional requirements.
A Committee has been constituted to ensure proper functioning of livelihood College.
The Committee has been formed under the chairmanship of Collector S Prakash, while CEO Jila Panchayat Sanjeev Jha has been made Director of the Committee.
This apart, Assistant Commissioner of State Skill Development Mission Koriya, District Employment Officer and Principal of ITI will be members of the Committee.
The Principal of livelihood College will be the Member Secretary of the Committee.
In September this year, the Chhattisgarh Government had announced that it will open 10 more ‘livelihood Colleges’ to provide a boost to its skill development programme under implementation across the State.
Technical and Manpower Development Minister Prem Prakash Pandey had stated while reviewing the activities of State Manpower Skill Development Authority that livelihood colleges will be started soon at Narayanpur, Gariaband, Dhamtari, Baloda Bazar, Mahasamund, Mungeli, Janjgir-Champa, Balrampur, Surajpur and Koriya districts.
Pandey said that 31,024 candidates were trained under the skill development initiative till August this year. About 21,205 students were trained under the State Manpower Skill Development Authority.
The youth are informed of the various schemes under the Chief Minister Skill Development programmes and the Central Government Skill Development Initiative Programme, he said.
The Minister had also reviewed the progress of livelihood Colleges currently operating in the State.
The officials at the meeting informed that livelihood Colleges were started in 13 districts-Dantewada, Bijapur, Sukma, Bastar,Kanker, Kondagaon, Rajnandgaon, Raipur, Raigarh,Bilaspur, Korba, Surguja and Jashpur. The students are trained in construction, fabrication, electrical services, readymade garments manufacturing, computer training, electronics, automotive repair and hospitality professions.
About 600 youth were trained last year. This apart, about 1,000 youth will be trained in each college during 2014-15 according to their field of interest. About 4,200 youth are being trained in 12 livelihood Colleges in the current year.
Pandey had stated said that youth trained in the colleges will be given preference in jobs in the State.
Moreover, as many as 51,416 youth have undergone training in different trades under the Central government's skill development initiative and the Chief Minister's skill development scheme till October in the current year (2014-15), officials stated.