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HRD Minister Nara Lokesh connected Thursday said the government’s extremity was to make 1 lakh blue-collar jobs done the Overseas Manpower Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (OMCAP) implicit the adjacent 5 years. He instructed officials of the Skill Development Corporation to hole a roadmap and determination guardant successful a planned and systematic mode to execute the goal.
Addressing a reappraisal gathering with officials of the Skill Development Corporation astatine his Undavalli residence, the Minister said determination was precocious request successful Europe, particularly successful Germany and Italy, for nurses, welders, motortruck drivers and operation workers. He instructed the officials to supply connection grooming to students who had completed nursing, ITI oregon polytechnic acquisition and alteration them to unafraid employment abroad. He advised the officials to survey the Kerala exemplary for employment opportunities successful nursing.
Officials informed him that 2,774 nursing candidates crossed the State were presently undergoing overseas connection grooming done OMCAP.
Mr. Lokesh reviewed the accomplishment portal that has integrated information from 23 departments. He said the 4,639 ample and medium-scale industries operating successful the State should beryllium supported by preparing a skilled workforce tailored to their needs. “Complete employment-related accusation should beryllium made disposable to the younker by the clip the portal is launched adjacent month,” helium said.
Referring to the 83 authorities ITIs successful the State, the Minister directed the officials to make them connected a ngo mode. The officials informed him that proposals worthy ₹322 crore had been prepared for improving infrastructure and modernisation of the ITIs. They said that though determination was an summation successful pupil enrolments, shortage of unit remained a substance of concern.
The gathering besides discussed possibilities for ITI upgradation nether the PM Sethu scheme. Officials noted that 646 teaching and 2,183 non-teaching posts were presently vacant crossed 87 polytechnic colleges successful the State.
The Minister besides mentioned that New Age Makers’ Institute of Technology (Nammtech), a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel, had travel guardant to acceptable up a accomplishment grooming centre successful the State.
In a abstracted gathering with the officials of School, Intermediate and Higher Education departments, the Minister instructed them to behaviour the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) successful November, contented the DSC notification successful January 2026 and behaviour the DSC exams successful March 2026.
He said that DSC and Special DSC notifications would beryllium released successful January 2026 and the respective examinations would beryllium held successful March, 2026. He said retired of the 423 teacher-related grievances received, 200 of them had been been resolved and the remaining issues were related to argumentation and fiscal matters.
