Kohima: The Advisor of Labour & Employment, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (L&E, SD&E) – Imnatiba today inaugurated the first pilot School of excellence in skill development at Govt Higher Secondary School, Sechu, Zubza.
Speaking at the occasion, Imnatiba noted that altogether 90,000 unemployed are registered in the Employment department in the state; and stressed on the importance of vocational and skill development among the youngsters.
Highlighting the necessary requirement of digital invention, Imnatiba mentioned that Information Technology (IT) has now stepped beyond the physical realm and future job creation will largely depend on the IT sector.
He urged the village council, School authority, staff, and students to perform their best and make this pilot project successful so as to encourage other government schools in the state; thereby encouraging both the educators and learners to equally inspire each other and to honor the school of excellence by giving a facelift to the young frustrated ones in the days to come.
In his speech, the Director of School Education – Wonthungo Tsopoe informed that the idea of the school of excellence in skill development was conceptualized by the skill development department and NIELIT and this new project is going to be an eye opener.
Earlier, Secretary L &E, SD & E Department, Rajesh Soundararajan urged the school authority and the council to make the best use of the facilities given to the school and to make it the best in the future.
The pilot project has been taken-up through a collaboration between the Department of Skill Development, the Department of School Education, and NIELIT keeping in view the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the key emphasis on the promotion and participation of the students in vocational education.
Through this intervention, it is expected that the students undergoing the training program will gain core competencies in the IT sector as well as improve their soft skills.
The main objective of the project is to make the acquisition of skills aspirational at a young age and make them employable as there is a growing need to not only develop the skills to make the young adults in the state employable but also to strengthen the institution’s capacity.
Altogether 20 computer sets were installed and the intervention will start with the students from class VIII who will be trained for a specific duration as prescribed by NIELIT every year and the same batch of students promoted to the next class will be trained in different modules till Class X.
The course is being designed by NIELIT keeping in mind the progression of the students also the alignment with the industry and the national skill qualification framework (NSQF).
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