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Bhubaneswar, July 18: With a view to achieving its target to create eight lakh skilled youths in three years, the state government Monday directed all the departments concerned to workout medium and long-term courses in line with National Skill Quality Framework (NSQF).
Chairing a high-level meeting at the Secretariat here, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi asked the departments implementing Skill Development Programmes (SDP) in the state to prepare the courses in line with NSQF.
The departments concerned are: skill development and technical education, agriculture, panchayati raj, SC&ST development, housing and urban development, textiles, commerce and transport, fisheries & animal resources development, MSME and electronics and information technology.
Padhi directed the departments to come up with their updated skill development action plans within 10 days keeping in view the state’s target of skilling eight lakh youths in coming three years. He advised the officials to indicate the required budget outlay and strategy to ensure quality in their action plans.
The main objective of implementation of NSQF is to provide competency-based skill training to the youths so that they can easily get jobs. Besides, the Centre has also said that it would not provide funds if the NSQF is not implemented, sources said.
The skill development and technical education department was also told to consolidate the existing infrastructure and focus on quality development in training and skilling.
Padhi also directed the officials to focus on the high-end skill trainings in manufacturing, construction production and service sectors so as to achieve the goals of ‘Skilled in Orissa’ campaign, an official release said adding that these sectors have greater demand in the job market and also fetch good reputation for the youths.
The meeting also resolved that the SDP in the state should be an appropriate synchrony of general education, skill training, employability and entrepreneurship.
Padhi also directed the departments to adopt common norms for all skill development courses for having uniformity with regard to curriculum, duration of training, quality and selection of Project Implementing Agencies.
