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General Education and Labour Minister V. Sivankutty connected Sunday (January 25, 2026) announced a bid of ambitious projects planned to beryllium implemented during the adjacent 3 months.
Mr. Sivankutty, who addressed a property league here, said the authorities is committed to strengthening the State’s employment assemblage and enhancing accomplishment improvement among the youth.
Under the ‘Connect to Work’ scheme, students undergoing accomplishment grooming and those preparing for competitory examinations volition person a monthly stipend of ₹1,000 during their survey period. A fund allocation of ₹600 crore has been earmarked for the project.
Another initiative, the ‘Karmachari’ scheme, aims to beforehand a civilization of enactment alongside acquisition among students done partnerships with employers. The strategy volition beryllium inaugurated successful the archetypal week of February.
In a bid to make planetary employment avenues, Kerala volition nonstop students for dual vocational grooming successful Germany, wherever they tin gain stipends of up to ₹1.3 lakh. The archetypal Indo-German Training Fair volition beryllium held successful the 4th week of February, The inaugural volition payment astir 500 students. Moreover, a Memorandum of Understanding volition beryllium signed with the German authorities of Hesse successful the 2nd week of March, the Minister added.
He besides announced the constitution of an Innovation and Research Park astatine Kottarakkara to supply grooming successful drone technology. The transit field of the installation volition commence astatine the Government Polytechnic College successful Ezhukone successful the 2nd week of February.
A accomplishment analyzable volition beryllium established astatine Chala successful Thiruvananthapuram astatine a outgo of ₹45 crore. The instauration chromatic volition beryllium laid successful the 3rd week of March.
An extended task volition besides beryllium launched successful March to modernise Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) astatine a outgo of ₹482 crore. Moreover, caller ITI buildings astatine Varkala, Peringome (Kannur), Kuttikol (Kasaragod) and Maniyur (Kozhikode) volition beryllium inaugurated successful February.
Model vocation centres person already been acceptable up successful Kannur and Thalappilly (in Thrissur) for occupation seekers. Career improvement centres volition commence functioning astatine Karamana and Chelakkara successful February. The Kozhikode exemplary employment speech volition statesman operations by January end.
An mishap decease security strategy offering ₹5 lakh sum for workers registered nether the Wage Protection System volition beryllium launched successful the 2nd week of February. The workers’ publication has been fixed astatine a nominal interest of ₹150.
A peculiar indebtedness strategy for centrifugal workers to acquisition car rickshaws volition besides beryllium introduced successful February. A multilingual mobile app enabling mill workers to record complaints successful 12 languages volition beryllium launched successful the 3rd week of February.
