Hon’ble Minister of Higher Education and Social Justice Dr R Bindu inaugurated ASAP Kerala’s Community Skill Park (CSP) in Kazhakootam and dedicated it to the state in the presence of, Hon’ble Member of State Legislative Assembly Kazhakootam Constituency Sri Kadakampalli Surendran, ASAP CMD Dr. Usha Titus, Sri Gopinath Muthukad Director Magic Planet and other dignitaries on April 26 2023.
The Community Skill Park is a public-private partnership project to equip students and the general public with the skills required for various industrial sectors and make them suitable for better employment opportunities through skill training.
The CSP constructed at Kazhakoottam in the Thiruvananthapuram district is one of the 16 state of the art skill parks in Kerala, spread over an area of 27000 sqft. It also has the distinction of being the only government building in the district that has been constructed using pre-fab technology. With accessible-to-all facilities, the three-floor building has state-of-the-art classrooms, lab facilities, changing rooms with locker facilities, meeting rooms, server rooms and an IT lab with network connectivity.
While lauding the efforts of the Higher Education Ministry and ASAP Kerala, the Hon’ble Minister said, “The CSP is a landmark for Trivandrum district as we cater to the skill demands of the state. This milestone shall take us a step closer to our state’s mission to transform it into a knowledge economy by providing skill training to 40 lakh educated job seekers in Kerala and ensuring that at least 20 lakh candidates among them secure knowledge-based jobs within the next four years.”
With international facilities, the skill park located in the Kazhakootam constituency is poised to become the skill training hub of Thiruvananthapuram district, Zebu Animation Studios Private Limited with many years of experience in the field of Animation Technology, has been appointed as the operating partner of this skill park.