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Yogi Adityanath Advances Uttar Pradesh’s Industry-Linked Global Skill Hub

Uttar Pradesh wants its job-training schools, called ITIs, to work closely with companies.

This would help students learn skills that employers actually need.

The state also wants more apprenticeships and on-the-job training.

English training will be required for every trainee, and foreign-language training is being planned for jobs in places such as Japan and Germany.

The government is upgrading many ITIs and building modern skill labs.

It also wants special help for young people from families identified under the Zero Poverty campaign.

Officials said more than 21 lakh young people have been trained in five years.

The chief minister said success should be measured by how many people get jobs or start businesses, not only by how many are trained.

Key facts

ITI upgrades: 150 government ITIs are being upgraded with support from Tata Technologies; upgrades for 62 more ITIs are progressing.
Advanced labs: Advanced skill labs have been established in 37 government ITIs with industry support.
CIIIT centers: Operations at the Gorakhpur, Muzaffarnagar and Bareilly centers were directed to begin at the earliest.
Instructor recruitment: Selection was completed for 2,406 instructor posts, and more than 2,200 selected instructors had joined.
Five-year training: The Uttar Pradesh Skill Development Mission trained 21.13 lakh youths over the past five years.
Employment outcome: A total of 12.94 lakh youths received employment over the same period.
Zero Poverty families: Of 9.52 lakh verified youths aged 14 to 35 from identified families, 1.44 lakh were eligible and 8,746 had registered for training.

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