New Delhi, Aug 08, 2022, By Special Correspondent

New Delhi, Aug 8: Over 4.40 lakh candidates have been trained under Short Term Training (STT) and 7.25 lakh candidates oriented under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in the North Eastern states till June tis year.

 

The training was imparted under the Skill India Mission, a flagship scheme under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) to impart skill development training to prospective youths, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.

 

Minister of Development of North Eastern Region G Kishan Reddy said in a written reply that “Schemes of NEC” promotes the comparative strengths and potential of the North Eastern Region (NER) through various promotional activities like Road Shows, Business Summits, Conventions, Seminars, Workshops and specialised Media Campaigns.

 

“Destination North East”, a comprehensive promotional event, showcasing the rich art and culture of NER was successfully organised in various cities in Chandigarh (2017), Delhi (2018) and Varanasi (2019) in which the artistes and artisans from North East participated and held B2B interaction, Reddy said.

 

Further, during the Madhavpur Ghed festival held at Madhavpur in Gujarat during April, artistes and artisans from the 8 NE states had participated. Besides, 84 persons from Arunachal Pradesh had also attended as part of the family of Rani Rukmini, he said.

 

Further, under the National Cultural Exchange Programme (NCEP) funded by the Ministry of Culture, various festivals of performing arts, exhibitions, and yatras are organised in member states. 

 

Artistes from other zones/states are invited to participate in these programmes and get a platform for exchanging cultural ties apart from acquainting the common people with the rich diversity of Indian culture.

 

As per the Ministry of Education, under the banner of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM), ‘Akam-Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) has been initiated. 

 

The programme will facilitate students’ visit to their paired state and UT (as per pairing matrix of EBSB). 

 

Under the plan, 750 school students and 750 college students together visit their paired states on a 5-day tour (excluding travel time) in the month of June to September to get first hand experience of various socio-cultural and other aspect of life in that state/UT.

 

Further, the Department of School Education and Literacy is implementing “Vocationalisation of School Education” under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of “Samagra Shikhsha”. 

 

Under the scheme, National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) compliant vocational courses are offered to the school students from class 9th to 12th in the covered schools. 

 

Employability Skill module has been a mandatory part of the vocational courses which consists of Communication Skill, Self-Management Skills, Information & Communication Technology Skills, Entrepreneurship Skills and Green Skills, an official release said.