"My government has taken steps to scale up Goa's skill development initiatives in tune with the national perspective of providing skills on a scale and at a speed commensurate with the requirements of the young populace," Sinha said during her address to the Goa Legislative Assembly session.
She said Chief Minister (Laxmikant Parsekar) is one of the members of the Chief Ministers' sub group on skill development constituted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
She said after the extensive drive to revive and expand the apprenticeship training coverage, the capacity has increased from 1,000 odd seats to about 2,700 seats across industries and sectors available in the State.
"I am happy to say that, Goa Shipyard Limited would absorb 300 apprentice pass-outs every year for five years," she said.
Greater emphasis would be laid on imparting training under National Skill Development initiative with training duration ranging from 100 to 1000 hours and above through Vocational Training Providers.