SUMMER SKILL SKOOL
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- Published on 13 January 2015
vacation for vocation
‘Vacations’ were once synonymous to fun and frolic. It was a tranquil time for games, adventures, roaming about with cousins and so on. Nowadays, summer vacations are increasingly becoming a structured episode for students when every attempt is made to guide their energy for productive purposes. In the highly competitive environment, student’s holidays have become a time to hone their skills. Making optimum use of their summer vacations, students now enrol for summer training camps to upgrade their skills that are imperative to stand out in academic as well as career pursuits.
Workshop on Skill Development
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- Published on 30 January 2015
The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), along with ASAP organized a National Workshop on “Skill Development” on 30th January ,2015 at The Lalit , New Delhi. The primary objective of the workshop was to develop an action plan for skill development initiatives . The workshop comprised of presentations on ASAP,briefing on NSDC and SSCs , expectations of ASAP from NSDC & SSCs and vice-versa .
On the occasion , Planning of Community Skills Parks with sector specialization , Alignment of Courseware to Qualification Packs , Trainer , Training of Trainer , Mechanism for Quality Assurance ,Assessment and Certification, Internships and assuring placements were discussed.
Mr.Shamit Chakravarthi, Senior Economist, ADB , Mr. Dilip Chenoy CEO & MD-NSDC , Dr.Reju MT , CEO -ASAP, Mr.Rajiv Mathur, Head Standard & QA ,NSDC ,Mr.Basab Banerjee ,Consultant ,ADB , CEOs of Sector Skill Councils, Training Service Providers , experts from Industry and ASAP team members attended the workshop.
All help for skill development initiatives in Kerala: Union Minister
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- Published on 14 January 2015
Shri. Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Hon. Union Minister of state for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) & Parliamentary Affairs,has assured that the Centre will cooperate with the state in carrying out skill development initiatives to empower the public. Skilling our populace has become imperative, as other countries like Korea, Japan and the United Kingdom, have high percentage of skilled workforces, whereas in India the number is miniscule, he added. The skill development courses must be linked to the university so that our youth will be industry ready after completion of their course. Skill development initiatives in India are at a nascent stage and the current government is working out several strategies to pursue and achieve excellence in skill development, he said.
ASAP inks MoU with NSDC and TSSC
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- Published on 10 December 2014
Additional Skill Acquisition Programme, ASAP, has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) for the introduction of skill-based courses for its students, on 9th December, 2014.The MoU has been signed to facilitate introduction of skill-based courses in higher secondary and undergraduate degree levels. The objective of the MoU is to expand the employment prospects of the students with efficient training, certificates of competency, and placement support.The agreement with NSDC, which is expected to integrate skill-based training was signed and exchanged between Shri. Prakash Sharma, Chief Financial Officer, NSDC and Dr. Reju M.T., CEO, ASAP, in the presence of Shri. P K Abdu Rabb, Hon. Minister for Education.
Another Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Telecom Sector Skill Council, TSSC, and ASAP, to develop Telecom technical and soft skills eco-system in the state. For TSSC, CEO, Lt. Gen. Dr. S.P.Kochhar , signed and exchanged the MoU with Dr. Reju M.T., CEO ,ASAP. The function was presided over by Shri. P K Abdu Rabb, Hon. Minister for Education.
A different day for ASAP students, with the Education Minister
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- Published on 28 November 2014
An interactive session with the Hon’ble Minister for Education, P.K. Abdu Rabb , has been organized for students at Govt. College Kattappana on November 25 , 2014 . The participants shared their thoughts with the Hon’ble Minister on bringing changes to the present education system. The programme has been organised by the ASAP team –Idukki district. The programme was presided over by Hon’ble MLA from Idukki constituency, Shri. Roshy Augustine. ASAP students from three institutions attended the programme and interacted with the Minister.
To a question from a student from regarding government’s objective behind initiating a project like ASAP , Hon’ble minister replied that the Kerala State has embarked upon an ambitious project named Additional Skill Acquisition Programmeto equip its young population with skills in cutting edge sectors , in order to effectively alleviate the unemployment problem in the state and to amplify working hands in different sectors of the economy, by providing additional skill sets to students along with their regular courses.
Minnu Mathew
