Eight youths of Jharkhand would participate in the National Skill Competition starting at Aero City ground in New Delhi on Tuesday. The four-day competition is being held on various skills at the initiative of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
The event is being organised to choose participants for the ‘World Skills’ 2019 starting at Kazan in Russia.
A press communiqué stated that three selected candidates from the State namely Mahabir Mahli, Jiten Devi and Kamini Kumari would take part in traditional skills. Mahli and Devi would participate in bamboo craft while Kumari would demonstrate her skills in Sohrai painting. All three are associated with Jharcraft, an organization involved in promoting local arts and craft.
In addition, five youths from the State have become eligible for the competition following their success in regional skill competition held in Bhuwaneshwar and New Delhi. Among them are Md Michaiel Ansari, Prakash Sharma, Aditya Singh, David John Nag and Sajjad Ansari.
They would compete with eight competitors each in different trades. They secure their place in the national event after achieving success in regional competitions at Bhuwaneshwar, Bangaluru, Lucknow, Jaipur and New Delhi.
The Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society has trained all of them at Maruti Suzuki for taking part in the competition. In addition, all of them have been provided cash reward for their work as well.
The participants who got top position in the regional competition were provided 51,000 by the state body and 21000 by the NSDC. Senior officials of the society hoped the youths would dominate the competition at national level also. Several senior officials of the mission would also be present at New Delhi during the event.