VIJAYAWADA: Chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy directed officials to start work on high-end skill university at Visakhapatnam immediately.
During the review meeting held at his Tadepalli camp office here on Monday, Jagan Mohan Reddy asked the officials to speed up the work on the skill university and skill development colleges proposed in every Lok Sabha constituency in the state. He also told them to speed up the work on skill university at Tirupati and told them to get ready with the curriculum to be followed by the skill development colleges.
The chief minister wanted the officials to have topics like coding, languages, robotics and Internet of Things (IoT) as part of curriculum. He also told them that the government is focusing on developing and strengthening work from home concept in villages by providing internet facility. He said that synergy would be formed between Skill Development Colleges and work from home concept, which would result in better employment opportunities.
The chief minister directed the officials to tailor the ITIs to current requirements and upgrade the syllabus. He also wanted them to see if institutions like National Academy of Construction could tie up with every ITI across the state. He asked them to focus on providing training and developing skills among Class X dropouts too.
Once the required training is given, the data of the youth should be shared with the new industries, the chief minister said and asked the officials to ensure 75 per cent of jobs are provided to locals.
He said there is a need to enhance skills in issues related to day-today life like maintenance and repair of equipment of drinking water plants, motors, solar units and equipment used for sanitation sewage treatment plants. He also wanted them to give basic knowledge of English. The CM instructed the officials to take steps to setup one ITI college in each assembly constituency and focus on basic facilities in private ITI colleges and added to get certification done on the standards of government and private ITIs.
