PB govt signs MoU with NSDC for youth vocational training

The Punjab government today signed an agreement with the National Skill Development Corporation seeking to create new employment opportunities for the youth by providing them vocational training.
The education department and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the 'National Skill Qualification Framework' here, an official spokesman said.
The collaboration seeks to create new opportunities for the youth of the state by improving employability of students passing out of these vocational courses with industrial training inputs and exposure, the spokesman said.
This programme would provide "guaranteed employment" to the senior secondary pass outs of the vocational school, he said.

He said, from next month, the state is going to initiate exclusive vocational education programme for which 100 schools have been identified.
He said special vocational education would be imparted to students from class 9 to 12 for 2014-15 session in the state.

He said that in collaboration with Human Resources Development Ministry this programme would be implemented in the state in a phased manner.
The programme has been prepared by the top experts of IITs and IIMs in view of the present needs and requirements of various industries, he said.
NSDC will also set teacher recruitment guidelines to ensure 'best fit' candidate with high quality.

Under the programme, each school would get two trades. These trades include -- health care, IT, retail, automobile, security, and beauty and wellness.
He said as many as 5000 students will be admitted in the first phase, who will get vocational education for four years and after passing their senior secondary they will be able to get jobs in their respective trade or profession on the basis of certificate issued by concerned authorities.