Source: Hueiyen News Service / Newmai News Network
Imphal, June 12 2009:
A five week training programme "Skills for employment in apparel manufacturing" concluded Friday with a simple valedictory function at Raja Dhumbar Singh School, Imphal East.
.LJayantakumar, Minister, Education (S), Manipur graced the function as Chief Guest and distributed certificates to those who had completed the training along with contract letters to join an apparel manufacturing unit at Bangalore for work and further training on the shopfloor.
The training programme was organized under the aegis of the department of Education (S), Government of Manipur and Infrastructure Living and Finance Structure (IL & FS) Cluster Development Initiatives Ltd., New Delhi.
The chief guest said that the training programme was one of the first of its kind in Manipur and that the youth should take advantage of such training programmes.
He expressed happiness that the educated unemployed youth are benefiting from the training programme in spite of the bad law and order situation in the state.
The valedictory function was also graced by Commissioner, Education (S), Manipur P.K.Singh, IAS, Senior Vice President of IG & FS Clusters Ltd., New Delhi, and Advisor, Capacity Building, IL & FS, Mr.Manoj Kumar Sinha.
The training programme was supported by Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India.