06-05-2025
27k youths to get jobs via skill devpt plan
Lucknow: In a move to provide skill training and employment opportunities to youth, the department of vocational education and skill development on Tuesday signed 22 Letters of Intent (LoIs) with different companies in a one-day academia-industry summit, 'Uttar Pradesh's Path Towards Entrepreneurial Development', organised in this, the UP govt aims to employ close to 27,000 youth in different sectors like tourism and hospitality, healthcare, pharma, automobile, banking and finance. Inaugurating the summit, minister for vocational education, skill development and entrepreneurship Kapil Dev Agarwal said, "Stakeholders, including sector skill council, industry, entrepreneurs, govt and academics, came together to determine the policies in implementation of skill development mission programmes properly."Agarwal said, "UP skill development mission will play an important role in achieving a target of $1 trillion economy. For this, govt is calling upon the industry to increase innovation, investment and participation in skill development." Agarwal said, "We aim to make youth as job creators instead of job seekers." We want our youth to compete at national and international level and also encouraging traditional indigenous industries."He also released the first-of-its-kind magazine 'Hunar Mitra'.Principal Secretary, vocational and skill development, Hariom said, "Industrial establishments, employers and other stakeholders should partner with govt to promote employment generation and economic director Pulkit Khare informed about the companies including Reliable First Edcon Private Limited, Ques Corp, Gacondes Exports, and Saranya Health Service Private Limited, that will train and provide employment to 26,811 panel discussions saw experts laying emphasis on creating awareness among the students about entrepreneurship right at the school level and the participation of industry in the evaluation process. Important suggestions like making skill training programs aspirational and doing internship of trainers were also received from the of Government Industrial Training Institute Barabanki, Gorakhpur and Bulandshahr were also honoured for their excellent performance and five training providers and project implementing agencies doing excellent work were honoured.
