Manipur youth trained to acquire special skills

Imphal - Sports Minister Ajay Maken inaugurated Youth Employability Skill (YES) Project at Imphal by enrolling 100 youths for skill development.

Under the project, skill relating training would be given to the youths in the North-Eastern Region to boost their chances of finding jobs or starting their own enterprises. About 8000 youths would be covered under this scheme in the North East.

The scheme has been launched keeping in view the Prime Minister's vision to create 500 million certified and skilled persons by the year, 2022 in the country.

The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), which has been co-promoted by the Ministry of Finance to catalyze private sector involvement in skill development, would partner the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for the YES venture.

The YES initiative would see training in employable skills being provided to unemployed youth in 59 districts of 8 North Eastern states.

Market mapping and skill gap analysis is being undertaken in North East before launching of the project in other districts.

The project focuses on youth who plan to seek jobs locally and also those who wish to migrate.

The opportunities of self employment are also addressed in the Training Modules. Linkages with financial institutions and industry partners are the hallmark of this unique initiative for providing sustained livelihood to the youth of the region.

He also inaugurated the Board of Governors (BOG) meeting of the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan and announced setting up of 10,000 Mentor Youth Club throughout the country.