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Khandu congratulated NEDFi and lauded the hard work put in during the last one year doing the study and collecting feedbacks and data from primary sources at the block levels in all the districts. He said the report will serve as a roadmap for the state government to plan its future course of action in imparting skill development to the youths of the state.
Directing the Skill Development department to seriously take the report, Khandu gave it one month’s time to prepare a comprehensive proposal and action plan based on the suggestions put forth in the report.
“We have been doing a lot in equipping our youths with skills but yet somehow have not fully succeeded in giving the process a meaningful direction because we did not have a proper and scientific roadmap. Let us check where we have failed and learn from these. This report of NEDFi will help us plan and execute a strategic skill development policy that will provide our youths gainful and sustainable employment,” he observed.
The Chief Minister suggested that priority needs to be accorded in skilling the graduate and post-graduated unemployed youths besides the uneducated and school drop-outs.
“Today we have hundreds of graduates and post graduates looking for employment. As government jobs are limited, we need to skill our educated youths in sectors suitable for them for employment,” he said.
Khandu also stressed on giving more importance to self-employment than wage employment while framing skill development strategies.
Chief Secretary Shakuntala D Gamlin suggested taking into account aviation, automobile and IT sectors, which are growing fast and have a large scope of employment. These sectors can be explored by ITIs and polytechnics of the state to specifically train youths, she said.
The function was also attended by the Principal Secretary, Finance Commissioner, NEDFi CMD and officials.