Students undergoing skill training at Dalmia Institute of Knowledge and Skills Harnessing in Tiruchi on Thursday.— Photo: M. MoorthyPlan to train about 10,000 youths through this centre in the next 10 yearsDalmia Bharat Foundation, which has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to impart vocational training to unskilled youth, launched a skill training centre in Tiruchi on Thursday. This is the first of the eight livelihoods skills training centres planned to be set up by the foundation across the country. The NSDC would ensure that the courses offered through the centres are aligned to the national skill qualification frameworks. The foundation hopes to train about 10,000 youths through the Tiruchi centre in the next 10 years. The Tiruchi centre will make a modest start offering three courses initially.

Source: The Hindu September 16, 2016 00:07 UTC