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NSDC facilitates Skill Development Agreements between Government of Kerala and Sector Skill Councils in Key Growth
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Memorandum of Understanding with NSDC and industry-promoted Healthcare, Plumbing, Capital Goods, Automotive and Media & Entertainment Sector Skill Councils
Targeted at all school and college going youth in the State of Kerala
New Delhi: February 3, 2014: The Kerala Government’s Additional Skills Acquisition Program (ASAP) today signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sector Skill Councils of Healthcare, Plumbing, Capital Goods, Automotive and Media & Entertainment at the National Skill Development Corporation office in New Delhi today. Dr. K.M. Abraham, the Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education Department, Govt. of Kerala and Mr. Dilip Chenoy, Managing Director & CEO of NSDC along with senior officials of the Sector Skill Councils and NSDC, were present during the MOU signing.
The Higher Education and General Education Departments of the Government of Kerala had jointly launched the Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) as part of the State Skill Development Mission to enhance the employability of students passing out of Higher Secondary Schools (+2) as well as Arts and Science Colleges in the State. The MOUs will provide much needed standardization of courses, third-party assessment and industry-approved certification through the Sector Skill Councils.
Post the exchange of agreements, Dr. K.M. Abraham and Mr. Dilip Chenoy discussed how NSDC can continue to support the ASAP program. Commenting on the new partnership, Mr. Chenoy noted, “Kerala, traditionally known for its high quality manpower spread all over the world and strong traditional skill sets, leads the country on many development indices. The realization that the state has a rich talent pool has made us come together and plan this initiative to develop and train employable skills in the youth of Kerala. The ASAP team, targeted at college and school persons, shows tremendous potential and we hope it will set benchmarks for the rest of the country.“
Dr. Abraham, speaking on this association mentioned, “Sectors like healthcare, plumbing, capital goods and media & entertainment have a huge opportunity for a skilled labour force and Sector Skill Councils certainly provide the much needed standardization of courses, outcome-based third-party assessment and industry-approved certification. ASAP’s partnership with the NSDC has encouraged us to speed up our activities on the ground and we look forward to work with NSDC in the coming months and years to strengthen the hands of the youth in Kerala.”
About National Skill Development Corporation:
National Skill Development Corporation is one of its kind public-private partnerships with 51 per cent equity held by private sector and the balance 49 per cent by the Ministry of Finance. Formed in 2010, NSDC is a professionally run not-for-profit company that includes 28 Sector Skill Councils and 114 training partners with over 2500+ training centres spread across 352 districts in the country. NSDC is mandated to skill 150 million Indians by 2022.
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About Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP)
Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) is a joint initiative of Departments of Higher Education and General Education, Government of Kerala and launched as part of State Skill Development Project. Additional Skill Acquisition Programme, popularly known as ASAP, aims to enhance the employability of students studying in Higher Secondary and under graduate courses. All Programmes offered through ASAP is developed and delivered by Industry. ASAP is managed by professional dawn out from various field of Industry.
For More information, kindly visit www.asapkerala.gov.in
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