Jammu and Kashmir: DE&CC starts 3 Month Skill Development course for youth at Doda

DODA : The District Employment and Counseling Centre (DE&CC) Doda, in collaboration with G.K. Educational Trust, today started a 3-month Skill Development Training Course for ‘Data Entry Operator” to facilitate the youth aspirants to enhance their skills.

The youth are being provided free of cost Skill Training along with monthly stipend of Rs 1000. The candidates will get assistance in getting employment opportunities after completion of the course through job fairs and other means.

The training programme was inaugurated by Joint Director Employment Jammu Division, Dr. Khalid Hussain Malik in the presence of Deputy Director Employment Idrees Lone; Employment Officer Imtayaz Ali, and other officials from DECC Doda. The event was attended by more than 400 students including trainees of a 3 month skill development Course.

Dr. Khalid Hussain Malik, while speaking on the occasion, discussed the utility of DATA ENTRY OPERATOR and its importance in the contemporary job Market. Attendants were impressed to explore entrepreneurship as a career option where one can start from a small initiative and make it big with his persistence and learning in the process. He also discussed the training initiatives being taken by the department in collaboration with private players like Tech Mahindra Foundation and Larsen & Toubro in different sectors for up-skilling. He further said the department was actively reaching out to the unemployed youth and is guiding them on their path towards securing a sustainable livelihood by organizing Job Fairs, Career Counseling Sessions, Awareness Camps, implementing Self-Employment Schemes and more recently Skill Training Programmes.

Deputy Director Employment, Idrees Lone emphasized that this course is not just about technical skills and added that it would be the first step for the candidates in their journey of skilling. “This training will be further substantiated by other training courses in future,” he added. He also motivated students to take advantage of the programme and learn with all zeal and zest.

The program ended with a vote of Thanks to Joint Director Employment.