Chandigarh Management Association (CMA) organized an
Education summit on its 48th Foundation
Day on Thursday, its
president Anshu Kataria demanded a piece of land or space in any of the
government offices in Chandigarh for the operation of the association. Haryana
and Punjab governor Kaptan Singh Solanki said that more than 700 million
Indians were estimated to be of a working age by 2022. Out of these, more than
500 million require some kind of vocational or skill development training, he
said, talking at the summit that had Skill Development in India-Challenges
& Opportunities as its theme. Chandigarh
MP Kirron Kher stressed upon developing an appropriate training system instead
of teaching syllabus only in all academic institutions and universities for a
better growth and sustainable skill development in all spheres of the nation.
Also she accentuated that ‘Skill India & Happy India’ will be a better way
to give a pleasant smile on the face of our nation. Rakesh
Verma, Technical Education & Industrial Training secretary said, The Punjab
government has aimed to skill 300,000 youth mentioned 2014-15 budget with over
Rs 500 crore. India is expected to grow at a rate of 8%, on an average, in the
next 10 years. He strained upon the need of harness the human capital with the
requisite set of skills in both fields information related to job and ethics.
Kataria
further added that the ministry aims to open 1,500-2,000 centres in the next
two years and the entire cost of the programme is likely to be Rs 1,500 crore
to Rs 2,000 crore a year, well within the budget allocation of the rural
livelihood mission, which was Rs 4,000 crore.Source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Image: article.wn.com