Odisha to ease skill training entry norms for surrendered Naxalites

Youths who deserted the Naxal camp needn't have completed 10th standard; they'll be able to enter SDCs and ITIs if they have studied up to the eighth

The Odisha government has decided to throw ajar the doors of its skill development centres (SDCs) and industrial training institutes (ITIs) to the Naxals who have surrendered to the state police.

In order to facilitate the entry of youths who have deserted the Naxal camp, the state government is mulling to relax the eligibility norms for admission to SDCs and ITIs. 

“Instead of the mandatory 10th standard academic qualification for entry to SDCs and ITIs, we have proposed to ease it to eighth standard for the Naxalites who have abandoned insurgency and joined the mainstream. The same academic eligibility will also be