Skill Hub Portal to make youth industry-ready, employable launched
The Hindu
The Skill Hub Portal is meant to involve all colleges and universities and support the Skill India Network, said Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
A Skill Hub Portal, that offers industry-ready employable skills to the youth in the entire country, was unveiled in Bengaluru on Friday.
The portal is meant to involve all colleges and universities and support the Skill India Network, said Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
Addressing a gathering of academicians and leaders from the industry in the city, the minister said, “Till 2014, there was a backlog of around 30 crore unskilled Indians in the workforce. That means almost 3/4th of every Indian who had a job didn’t have skills or access to skills.’‘
Moreover, he added, around 1.9 crore people joined the workforce without skills year after year. “A vast network of skilling network, created post 2014, has skilled and certified six crore young Indians until 2022,’‘ the minister added.
Regarding the skilling plans for Karnataka, Mr. Chandrasekhar said in view of the expansion and diversification of the economy, there were going to be huge demands for skills. “Hence, district-wise skill mapping has been carried out and unique District Skill Development Plans prepared by Government of India for each district of Karnataka,” he stated.
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