Youth to be equipped with job skills: Kerala CM

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today said the state government would take steps to provide employment skills to youth and support them to implement innovative ideas.

The job market today demands skills beyond academic knowledge, he said, while inaugurating the Indian Institute of Infrastructure and Construction (IIIC), a state government undertaking, at Chavara here.

"Unlike the jobs from the conventional education system, the state will have a skilful generation with expertise in different job sectors," he said.

Government was implementing programmes for youngsters who pass out of technical and vocational courses, he said.

Basic training infrastructure facilities have been implemented through the Kerala Academy for Skills Excellence (KASE), Industrial Training Institutes, Employability Centres, Overseas Development and Employment Promotion Consultants (ODEPC) and Kerala State Institute of Design (KSID), he said.

"We are trying to narrow the chasm between availability of skilled people and manpower in the construction sector. '