House passes Grants of IT, Technical Education, YSS
25000 skilled manpower being produced by ITIs, Polytechnics annually,
47000 to be trained under JKSSDM; 2.463 lakh youth participated in domestic
sports activities
JAMMU, JANUARY 19: The Minister for Information
Technology, Technical Education, Youth Services and Sports, Imran Raza Ansari
today said that education, skill building and sports are the core means for
empowering youth and the State government is making targeted efforts to empower
youth by way of imparting them with requisite proficiency to achieve this
objective.
The
Minister said this while replying to the Discussion on Demand for Grants of
Technical Education, Information Technology, Youth Services and Sports and
allied Departments in the Legislative Assembly, here today.
“All
interventions that are being made, whether it is Sports, Skill Development,
Technical Education or Information Technology, are aimed at youth welfare by
facilitating skill development, encouraging entrepreneurship besides promoting
sports and cultural exchanges”, the Minister said.
The Minister informed that the network of ITIs and Polytechnics in the
State are witnessing 100% admissions while as ITIs have seen 97% admissions in
the state and are producing skilled manpower of about 25,000 persons annually.
He informed that 78 new job-oriented trade units have been introduced in ITIs
on self-financing basis, besides new Polytechnics have been established in
Samba, Kathua, Reasi, Ganderbal, Anantnag, and polytechnics in Doda, Kishtwar
and Udhampur will be made functional soon
In a mega recruitment drive conducted at Auqaf-Islamiy
at Samba, 250 trainees were selected for 13 national/multinational companies.
The Minister informed that the government has established smart
classrooms in K G Polytechnic Srinagar, Govt. Polytechnic Jammu and Govt. ITI
Pattan, besides approving establishment of Incubation cum Placement center for
training of pass-out students to enhance their employability and improve their
entrepreneurial skills.
Enumerating achievements of Jammu Kashmir State Board of Technical
Education (JKSBOTE), the Minister said result of 6th semester regular students
May-June 2017 session was declared within 48 hours after the
conclusion of examination process.
The Minister also informed that for promotion of Youth Services and
Sports (YSS), the state government has taken various path-breaking steps to
create world class sports facilities for the youth.
The Minister informed that several competitions were held in the State
that saw participation from 85,955 players from Jammu and 1,38,540 from
Kashmir, besides 1,878 players participated in National School Games hosted by J&K.
“The
Department also hosted 62nd and 63rd National School Games, besides awarding sports scholarship worth Rs 27.65 lakh to 1,208 players who won medals
in 62nd National School Games”, the Minister said.
The Minister further informed that the department is organizing football
tournaments in 199 zones under “Let’s Play”
co-branding with ‘Khelo India’ programme
in which 54,702 youth have registered online for their participation in the said
tournaments.
To increase the reach of sports, YSS has started construction of new
campus for College of Physical Education Teacher at Gadoora, Ganderbal at the
cost of Rs 30.39 crore and would take up the execution of Phase II costing Rs
43.533 crore during 2018-19, the Minister said.
Further, 109 development works for improvement of sports infra in the
state are being undertaken to the estimated cost Rs. 223 lakh.
“The
Department is mulling to construct Volleyball Court in each district of
the state at the aggregate cost of Rs. 176 lakh”, he
added.
Additionally, projects for construction of 22 Indoor
Sports Stadiums, one in each district, under PMDP are also being finalized
and would be constructed soon.
He informed that the department has engaged 124
Physical Education Teachers through SSB and would engage 3,000 ‘Rehbar-e-Khels’ in the
near future.
The Minister said that for further development of Sports culture in the
state, State Sports Council engaged noted sports personalities
including ace cricketers Parvez Rasool and Abdi Nabi, footballer Mehraj-ud-din
Wadoo and noted gymnast Mitali Dogra to further boost and allure more sports
enthusiasts.
Also, the
Council awarded Rs 5 lakh to shooter Chain Singh for winning six gold medals at
2016 South Asian Games, besides providing special sports trainings to 200
budding sportspersons at prestigious National Institute of Sports.
State
Sports Council has also trained more than 24,000 young boys and girls in the
field of self-defence, he added.
The government has also opened football academies in every district in
which international sportspersons including Mehraj-ud-Din Wadoo, Ishfaq and
Saajid are imparting training to the budding players. More than 40 coaching
camps were held during 2017 for football training under different age groups,
the Minister informed.
More than 89,612 players participated in various sports tournaments
organized by the State Cricket Academy in all the districts.
With an initiative to encourage women in sports, the academy organized
its first T20 Women’s Cricket Championship and Chief Ministers Women’s XI team
later on also participated in Indian Women’s League, he informed.
The Minister said that Jammu and Kashmir State Skill Development Mission
(JKSSDM) was created in September, 2017 with a mandate to integrate skill development programmes, providing
trainings to semi-skilled and unskilled youth, connecting them with the job
providers, besides implementing and monitoring the policies and programmes under NSDM and
SSDM.
Under the mission, 47,000 youth will be trained in different crafts in
next three years, he informed.
“JKSDM
headed by Chief Minister has also launched State Engagement Component of
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 2.0 in which 47,302 persons would
be trained till 2019-20 and a target for the current financial year has been
kept at 14,900”, he said.
A micro level skill gap analysis is also being conducted to provide a
roadmap for skill development in the state.
Later, the House passed the grants amounting to Rs 70044.41 lakhs to
defray the charges which will come in course of payment during the year ending 31st
March, 2019 for Technical Education, Sports & Youth Services and Departments
with a voice vote.
Earlier, legislators including Syed Farooq Andrabi, Bashir Ahmad Dar,
Ravinder Raina, Satpaul Sharma and Anjum Fazili took part in the discussion and
gave suggestions for strengthening the department.
HIGHLIGHTS
Ø Combined capacity of 25000 skilled manpower being produced by a network
of ITIs & Polytechnics in JK
Ø Cent percent admissions recorded in
Polytechnics while ITIs have seen 97% admissions
Ø 85955 players from Jammu and 138540
from Kashmir participated in various sports competitions while 1878 players
participated in National School Games hosted by JK
Ø 54702 youth registered online for
participation in ‘Let’s Play Tournament’
Ø New campus for College of Physical
Education established at Gadoora, Ganderbal at a cost of Rs 30.39 crore.
Execution of Phase II costing Rs 43.533 crore to be taken up during 2018-19
Ø Volleyball Court to be provided in
each district at the aggregate cost of Rs 176 lakh
Ø 124 Physical Education Teachers
engaged through JKSSB.
Ø 3000 Rehbar-e-Khels to be engaged soon
Ø IT Cell established in JKSBOTE. Result
processing customized software and improvised coding system of answer scripts
developed
Ø Noted sports personalities engaged to
further boost sports culture and allure more sports enthusiasts
Ø 22 Indoor Sports Halls to be
constructed in each district of the State under PMDP
Ø Locations identified for construction
of water sports facilities
Ø In a first, T20 Women’s Cricket
Championship was organised by State Sports Council to create women’s cricket
arena in the state.
Ø 47000 youth will be trained in
different crafts during next three years under JKSSDM.
Ø A micro level skill gap analysis is
being conducted to provide a roadmap for skill development in the state.
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