Meghalaya State Skill Development Society has empanelled 20 new local training providers (LTPs) under Skills Meghalaya at a ceremony held at the MSSDS office today.
The empanelled trainers will impart training on 22 trades like bamboo craft, data entry operator, traditional tassel making, integrated farming, solar PV installer, hairstylist, electrician and more, covering approximately 1325 beneficiaries starting from next month.
An official statement her said that under Skills Meghalaya-Phase I initiated in April 2022, the society has empanelled 14 trainers to impart training in 17 domains (data entry operator, handset repairing, integrated farming, hospitality, self-employed tailoring, general masonry, street food vendors, cane and bamboo craft, oyster mushroom, rural tourism, field technician computing and peripherals, tribal dress, rickgitok and sengki, food processing, gicha making and dyeing and weaving etc), benefiting approximately 1210 candidates across the state, the training which has already started.
With the launch of the second phase, a total of 34 LTPs have been empanelled with a target to train 2500 youth in the State.
This is being implemented under Skills Meghalaya scheme launched by Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on March 8, 2022, , which envisions to design and implement practical programmes for youth skill development and youth empowerment.
MSSDS intends to cover 20,000 youth in this year and 1.2 lakh youth in the next five years under the three domains that is skilling, livelihood and entrepreneurship to include recent dropouts, unemployed adults, persons seeking certification of their skills acquired informally and persons seeking skill upgradation.
