As part of the Centre's mission to provide skill and knowledge to the young workforce, the state government has taken steps to scale up Goa's skill development initiatives, Governor Mridula Sinha told the Assembly today.
"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.
"The report drafted by the Chief Ministers' sub group covers various dimensions of skilling space and is an exhaustive manual on the subject for future guidance in this crucially important area," the Governor said.
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.
"My government has spent Rs 4.51 crore on strengthening infrastructure and logistics requirements of the skilled development institutes like Industrial Training Institutes across the state," she said.
