Lucknow, 07 Sept

(HS): On Sunday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the program of

distribution of appointment letters to 1510 instructors of various selected trades

of vocational education in the final results declared by the Uttar Pradesh

Subordinate Services Selection Commission, Lucknow in the year 2025, in the

auditorium located at Lok Bhavan. On this occasion, grand programs were also

organized in all the districts of the state, where MPs and MLAs witnessed the

realization of the dreams of the youth by giving appointment letters to the

successful candidates.

The result of the

remaining 341 posts will also be declared soon: State Minister of State

(Independent Charge) for Vocational Education, Skill Development and

Entrepreneurship Kapil Dev Aggarwal said that 1736 programs have also been

organized in the state through employment fairs, in which more than 4.13 lakh

youth have got job opportunities in 2537 companies. To increase the training

capacity, 92 businesses are operating in 286 government industrial training

institutes of the state, in which 1,84,280 seats are available. 7768 instructor

posts are approved in these institutes, out of which 6577 are regular and 1191

are outsourced. In the year 2022, the recruitment process for 2406 vacant posts

was started through the Subordinate Services Selection Commission, under which

1510 instructors have been selected. The result of the remaining 341 posts is

also likely to be declared soon. In this way, a total of 1851 selected

instructors will be received by the department, which will ensure quality

training in government ITI.

Skill training to

approximately 1.84 lakh youths in 82 trades: In the last eight years, the state

government has established and started operating more than 60 new Government

ITI's. Currently, skill training is being provided to approximately 1.84 lakh

youths in 82 trades through 324 Government ITI's. A monthly fee of only Rs 40

has been fixed so that the financial condition of any interested youth does not

become a hindrance in the training. Along with this, training is available on 6

lakh seats in approximately 3000 private ITI's of the state. The youth taking

admission here are also being given the facility of fee reimbursement and

scholarship.

More than 900

posts filled through outsourcing: To strengthen the government ITI, the

government has appointed qualified candidates on more than 150 vacant posts of

principals and 1510 vacant posts of instructors. Apart from this, more than 900

posts have been filled through outsourcing. ITI is being upgraded to train

youth in future technologies like semiconductor technology, electric vehicle,

laser cutting, CNC, 3D printing, digital communication etc.

Nine new trades

and 23 short term courses started: In this direction, 150 ITI's were upgraded

in the first phase with the help of Tata Technologies Ltd. and 18 world class

companies, under which 9 new trades and 23 short term courses have been

started. About Rs 5000 crore has been spent on this project and more than 15

thousand youth are being trained every year. In view of its success, approval

has been given to upgrade 62 other ITI's, on which Rs 3350 crore will be spent.

Training of 14

lakh youth through Skill Development Mission: Uttar Pradesh Skill Development

Mission is active to provide free skill training to every interested youth of

the state near his home. In the last eight years, more than 14 lakh youth have

been trained through this mission, out of which 5.65 lakh have been linked to

employment. Currently, more than 350 courses are being conducted with the

cooperation of more than 1000 training partners. Under the mission, the system

of flexi training partners has been started to directly connect the industries.

So far, 33 industrial units have been linked and a target has been set to

contract 5 new units from each district.

Consideration on

Foreign Worker Skill Training and Employment Scheme: In order to provide

employment abroad to the youth of the state, consideration is being given to

start “Foreign Worker Skill Training and Employment Scheme”. Apart from this,

under the Pradhan Mantri Vishwakarma Yojana, skill training has been provided

to 1.20 lakh traditional artisans and interest-free loan of Rs 1 lakh has been

given to eligible beneficiaries.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi