Skill devp centres to help achieve ‘one job per family’
Monday, 01/05/2017
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Chandigarh : The Skill Development Centers would play a key role to fulfill the pre-poll promise of Captain Amarinder Singh led government to provide one job per family. Stating this after his four-day visit to the Centurion University of Technology and Management in Odisha, Punjab Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has directed the Technical Education Department officials to prepare a blueprint for necessary technical advancements in the skill centers of Punjab.
He was very impressed to witness the Cafe Coffee Day lab helping in etiquette development for students, especially providing training to deaf and dumb students. The Minister said that students are honing their skills with practical and hands on approach in welding and furniture labs and further said that this practice would also be started in Punjab. He interacted with the various students working in sponsored engineering labs.
Channi showed keen interest in the industry sponsored projects which include the automobile labs set up by Ashok Leyland, Yamaha, Hyundai, Schyneider electric, Godrej and BEML etc.
He also visited one more venture of this University, called Urban Micro Business Centre which is a concept for an integrated approach to livelihood, skill and entrepreneurship with sustainable ideas that empower urban slum dwellers.
Channi desired that this venture be replicated in Punjab so that young manpower in Punjab state could be trained in self employment and industry oriented courses. As Centurion University has also offshore campus in Australia, tie up this would be beneficial for the Punjab students willing to settle abroad.
He alongwith other senior officials of the technical education department visited Odisha to study the advancement in skill development sector. He visited two Campuses of Centurion University of Technology and Management.
