Maha CM launches virtual, digital classrooms, interacts with

On the occasion of World Youth Skills Day, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today interacted with students of 32 ITIs across Maharashtra after launching the new facilities of virtual and digital classrooms.
The facilities will be soon extended to all ITIs which will open the doors of knowledge and bridge the rural, urban gap, he said.
The Chief Minister also announced an initiative to make these classrooms and course content 3D enabled and use of simulators to give hands-on training to youths. He also thanked Tata Trusts, Wadhwani Foundation and Valuable Group for their support, a CMO official said.
Skill development training turned into human resources will play a significant role in ending unemployment and attribute to growth in diverse sectors, Fadnavis tweeted.

"It is my earnest appeal to students to master the apprenticeship of your passion and jobs will come in plenty," Fadnavis said, adding, "Skill development provides a great level playing field. Today, 40,000 students are taking up training in skill development of which 22,000 are girls."
"I appeal to my young friends to realise the potential and power of skill development and jobs will knock your doors. Through 'Skill Sakhis' we are working for women empowerment," he said.

The uniformity should be such that the ITI education in Mumbai should be equivalent to that in remote Gadchiroli district, Fadnavis said.

Asserting that Maharashtra has taken the lead in Mudra Yojna where loan up to Rs 10 lakh can be availed without any guarantee, he said, "Mudra scheme tie-up with skill development has a potential to make every individual a self-reliant entrepreneur."
Newly-inducted Minister for Skill Development and Labour Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar was also present at the event, held in suburban Andheri.