Devesh Dubey, Itanagar,July 07: The major agenda for the government in the coming years
would be job creation as India has a proportionately high younger population.
The government needs to focus on skill development and creating skilled
manpower as proposed policy changes.
Arunachal Pradesh is up with the
challenges of growing number of unemployed youth in the state. The state
government has accorded utmost priority to youth development ever since Nabam
Tuki assumed the Chief Minister’s chair.
The priority for the state government
is to create new avenues and opportunities for the youth. The state government
has identified 2.9 lakhs unemployed youth and henceforth, designed some
appropriate skill development programmes. To scrutinize the skill development
initiative, the government has suggested a data bank of employment generation
through schemes in various sectors such as; Government, corporate, public,
private and self-employed. Most significant of them is the self employed sector.
For this purpose, state
Government has set up Arunachal Pradesh Skill Development Council (APSDC) and
Arunachal Pradesh Employment Generation Council (APEGC) in early 2012 as a
regulatory body for youth development programmes. Both agencies monitor the
activities encompassing skill development, vocational training and employment
generation, among others. In the recent past the state government has closely
worked under the strategic guidance of PM’s Council on Skill Development,
National Skill Development Agency and the Directorate General of Employment and
Trade. With persistent efforts, the state has developed an implementation
framework, which has benefited a sizable number of youth in the state.
The programme aims at improving
employability of educated unemployed youth. Under this initiative, a Job
Mela-cum-Skill Development Interview Rally was organized from 30th August to
1st September 2013 at Itanagar. This saw a total of 9012 candidates registering
and 1598 candidates were selected and are currently undergoing training. This
programme intends to provide employment to 6308 youths. The state government
had embarked upon this ambitious skill development programme, particularly for
matriculates and school and college drop outs.
CM of Arunachal Pradesh Nabam
Tuki, in order to enhance the scope of these activities has requested the
Central Government, stating requirement of the state in his letter to
Sarbananda Sonowal Union Minister of State for Sports & Youth Affair, Skill
Development & Entrepreneurship. The demands consist of:
• Establishment
of Skill Development Centres (SDCs) at block level
• Establishment
of a “Regional Institute of Training of Trainers”
• Fund
for enhancing the institutional infrastructure for skill development
• Establishment
of regional centre for skill development under the aegis of the Ministry of
Skill Development, GOI in the state
The basic agenda of these demands
clearly suggest the willingness of the government, perhaps the only way
forward.
Also there is a need to refocus
on our entire education system for effective skill development. Incentivize the
big organizations to put the people for teaching. Skill development cannot be a
monopoly of the government. NSDC is an enabler. The center should make skill
development a mission in India. Allow public private partnerships in skill
development.
Government alone cannot give jobs
to unemployed youth and the need of the hour is to promote and facilitate means
of self-employment by imparting productive skills to youngsters. The
responsibility on SDC is huge and it can be fulfilled only through deliberation
and coordination between all concerned departments.
Source: 'Themetrolive.com'
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