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The Left Democratic Front (LDF) authorities is moving guardant with a wide imaginativeness to alteration the State into a new-age technological society, said R. Bindu, Minister for Higher Education and Social Justice. She was speaking aft inaugurating “Skill Pooram,” a one-day store held astatine Government Engineering College, Thrissur, arsenic portion of the Vijnana Keralam campaign.
Efforts are nether mode to span the accomplishment spread betwixt acquisition and employment, the Minister said. Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Cells person been activated successful each higher acquisition institutions offering four-year grade programmes. “Vijnana Keralam works arsenic a catalyst to fortify these improvement cells and link world learning with employability,” Dr. Bindu added.
She emphasised that assorted initiatives nether the Higher Education department, including those linked to Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) Kerala and different authorities agencies, person already helped make employment opportunities for students. “Today, our extremity is not conscionable to make jobseekers but occupation creators. The authorities stands firmly down each effort to heighten accomplishment development, innovation, and entrepreneurship,” she said.
Campus placements
Organised arsenic portion of the Vijnana Keralam people’s campaign, the Skill Pooram aims to stock champion practices successful skill-based grooming among higher acquisition institutions and to assistance colleges place emerging occupation opportunities done collaborative accomplishment enhancement. The inaugural besides seeks to boost field placements by bridging the accomplishment spread betwixt academia and industry.
District panchayat president V.S. Prince presided implicit the inaugural session. Thomas Isaac, Advisor to Vijnana Keralam and erstwhile Finance Minister, delivered the keynote address. Over 500 placement officers, National Service Scheme programme coordinators, and pupil representatives from higher acquisition institutions crossed Kerala participated successful the workshop.
