NSN Weekly round-up on skills, education and training- 01062021

Our weekly round-up on skills, education and training will keep you updated on the industry, government, academia and other stakeholders in the skilling and TVET space. The skill development news snippets could help you get some leads for developing your business in this sector and will keep you informed.

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• Bamboo Society of India (BSI) has partnered with the Council of Architecture (COA) to mainstream bamboo in the building sector. This aims to introduce bamboo, an agro product, as a mainstream material for building and related sectors for all kinds of buildings, infrastructure, rural development etc through awareness programmes, seminars, workshops, short courses etc.
• Under DDU-GKY, 31,297 received training and 49,464 got placement in FY21 against 2,44,051 and 1,50,076 respectively in FY20.
• NTTF is going to opening a technical training centre in Alundur at the premises of M/s J R Polytechnic, situated in Trichy. Read more…
• Short term skill training for COVID -19 management has been proposed under Prime Minister Kaushal Vikash Yojana for educated unemployed youth.
• IIM-Nagpur has signed an MoU with the National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Entreprises (Ni-MSME) Hyderabad to provide short-term training, faculty development programs for continuous skill development in the MSME sector.
• The Central University of Haryana is reforming all UG, PG curriculum. The university will also adapt to a blended model of learning.

• Delhi police are going to provide skill training to 157 unemployed youth under its YUVA scheme. The youth will be provided with a weekly stipend as well at the time of their training.
• Government Polytechnic College Kathua organized a webinar on Aptitude and Soft Skills for Polytechnic students in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Management Indore.
• The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) Academy organised a two-day virtual conference on Automotive Research and Development.
• Maruti Suzuki Podar Learn School will begin its online sessions for the primary wing followed by a senior secondary wing once the school infrastructure is ready.
• Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam has started a skill development training program on the maintenance of PSA oxygen plants.
• The International Labour Organization (ILO) has urged nations to invest in people working in the education sector, including teachers, and provide them training and a conducive work environment.
• India’s GDP is expected to grow at 1.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020-21 and may see a contraction of around 7.3 per cent for the full financial year. 
• A meeting was held to review the status of different components of the skill development department of Jammu and Kashmir.
• The Jalandhar district administration has decided to train the unemployed youth in six types of jobs for Covid care wherein the hospitals are finding a shortage in manpower.

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