The District Skill Committee (DSC) convened a meeting today, chaired by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, to discuss the finalization of the Skill Development Action Plan (SDAP) for conducting short-term courses and placement drives under the SANKALP (Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion) Scheme. The meeting was held at the Meeting Hall of the DC Office Complex to review the modalities of the plan.
At the outset, the Deputy Commissioner asked the Officers of all line Departments to prepare a comprehensive Action Plan for Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness of Youth of the District under SANKALP initiative to provide opportunities to skilled human resource to earn sustainable livelihood.
The District Commissioner conducted an extensive conversation with all the relevant government departments and emphasized the importance of the plan to enhance the skills of young people by providing them with high-quality and market-oriented training. The plan also aims to enhance the institutional mechanism with modern technological trends for skill development, ensuring timely job placement, and creating ample employment opportunities for the District’s unemployed youth.
The DC called for involving all line Departments in the process for gap analysis and emphasised on the need to capacitate more people with skill of varied trades in Technical Institutions to meet the technical human resources, besides generating ample opportunities of employment for the local youth. The DC asked the Departments of Horticulture and Agriculture Departments to submit the detailed lists of 20 youth each to KVK so that they are imparted short term training courses under SANKALP.
