The Meghalaya State Skill Development Society (MSSDS) celebrated World Youth Skills Day by lending an ear to inspiring success stories that went along with the theme of ‘Skilling teachers, trainers and youth for a transformative future’.
World Youth Skills Day is celebrated on July 15 every year. The objective of this day was to shed some light on the necessary skills for the employment and entrepreneurship of young people and their strategic importance for the future.
This day is a unique opportunity for policy partners, employers, development partners, vocational and training educational programs to hold dialogues with young people about the skills needed as the world transitions into a sustainable development model, a press release stated today.
The event was graced by senior civil servants Challienkhum Songate as the chief guest and Isawanda Laloo as guest of honour.
The highlights of the event were the inspiring narratives shared by skilled trainees from various sectors under the Skills Meghalaya programme.
Also, in recognition of exceptional contributions, an award ceremony was held to honour the top 10 training providers (TPs), as well as hand out the Best Trainee Award and Award of Appreciation to deserving employees of MSSDS.
Besides this, a self-composed song on the importance of time management was presented by ‘Ka Kynhun ki Syrdeng’, which reminded the youth of a determined outcome if time is meaningfully managed. An entertaining short play by the name ‘What Matter’, presented by the Chiiung Group, enthralled the audience through their humour. An energetic dance choreographed by Eastern Dance Icons also engaged the viewers with their performance.
Adding to the vibrant atmosphere, the training providers and their trainees each had a stall to showcase and sell their array of products.
MSSDS has enrolled over 9,000 trainees, with close to 4,000 trained under Skills Meghalaya alone, and remains committed to empowering the youth of Meghalaya with essential skills.
Under Skills Meghalaya, MSSDS envisions to design and implement practical programmes for youth development and empowerment with a target of covering 1.2 lakh young people under three domains of skilling, livelihood and entrepreneurship. This will cover the school going youth, recent dropouts, unemployed adults, persons seeking for skill upgradation and certification for the skills acquired informally.
Interested youths can visit the MSSDS office at the Grove Site Building in Keating Road, Shillong, for more information, or visit www.mssds.nic.in.
