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Pranabananda Women’s College (PWC) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Emporium Skill Training Institute (ESTI) at the college campus here on Friday.
Under the MoU, PWC and ESTI will screen and select students, who are currently pursuing their graduation in the college for skill training. The selected students will be given skill development training along with employment opportunities in world class global international luxury premium five star hotels, airlines and cruises, stated operations manager, India and International, ESTI, Anirban Mukherjee told media persons after signing the MoU.
Both the partners will work hand in hand to eradicate unemployment issues within the state and will strive towards empowerment of youth of Nagaland, Mukherjee said.
He also said that through this initiative, PWC and ESTI will be skilling students while pursuing their graduation degree programme in the college. However, both parties will ensure that everyone finish their graduation inorder to be sent for jobs, so that their formal education not hampered. This was to make the students skilled by the time they graduate so that they will be ready after graduation, he added.
Mukherjee further said that the training will be free of cost for the student’s under government of India’s Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) scheme, where alumni’s of the college can also under take the training.
Principal, PWC, Uma Bhoumick said that in today’s fast changing world, formal education was not enough to tackle the problem of unemployment and that was the reason the college has decided to inculcate skill development training in the college. She further stated that skill development was equally important for the youths and therefore the initiative has been taken by both the partners. ESTI is currently providing skill development training in more than 17 states, focusing primarily in the affected areas.