SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 10: Minister for
Youth Services and Sports, Information Technology and Technical Education,
Imran Raza Ansari today said that the Government is committed to strength and
augment the technical education sector which would ensure that youth are able
to create self-employment avenues for themselves.
The Minister
was chairing a high-level review meeting of Technical Education & Skill
Development Department regarding the training of the students in various trades
in all ITIs across the State.
Ansari while
discussing possibilities of setting new ITIs across the State said that Skill
Development Mission has been launched in the State with experts already been
roped in for skill gap identification and skill mapping, infrastructure and
capacity building, skill upgradation and courses for employability and
entrepreneurship. He said that Technical Education
Department has a big role to play in addressing unemployment issues in the
State.
He said that
skill development is a critical sector that needs attention to overcome the
problem of unemployment in the State.
Ansari said
that the Government has already initiated several measures to augment the
sector so that the youth of the State are provided with the requisite technical
expertise. He said that the Prime Minister’s initiative of Skill India is a
game changer which has ensured that more and more youth get the requisite
employment.
Director Technical Education, Ms Shabnam Kambli,
Mission Director State Skill Development Mission, Ghulam Nabi Masoodi, besides
other senior officers of the concerned Departments were present in the meeting.
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