50 Mizo girls send off to Kolkata for Skill Development Training
Source: Hueiyen News Service / Newmai News Network

Aizawl, June 10 2014: In pursuance to a Central government scheme known as Skill Development Initiative (SDI) initiated by Ministry of Labour & Employment, at least 50 Mizo girls were sent off under the said scheme to Emporium Training & Consultancy (ET&C) Pvt.

Ltd, Kolkata to undergo training in skill development.

The send off ceremony was yesterday held here at Horticulture Conference Hall-with presence august of LE&IT Director Rotluanga after which T.Sangkunga, the Chairman of Mizoram Youth Commission (MYC) had flagged off 50 young and talented Mizo girls who had been selected for skill training from the recent Skill Fest held in the capital by MYC in collaboration with Labour, Employment & Industrial Training Department.

Exhorting the girls T.Sangkunga said they should be diligent and readily accept difficulties and hardships during training.

And if the girls work with firm determination, there is a guarantee that they would get reliable job in the future, he added.

.TSangkunga further in encouragement said to the girls that they should set an example for others as far as study and character are concern.

The future of new batches will surely depend on how the present 50 Mizo girls who had been chosen for skill development training behave.

The proposed training for girls will take 4 months and in the months of June this year MYC is expecting to send around 40 boys from the state for Skill development training.

The trainees (students) would be given a sum of Rs.5000 as conveyance allowance.

Besides giving Rs 300 for daily expense, they would also be provided with free boarding and lodging during training.

Meanwhile, Anirban Mukherjee, Operations Manager of Emporium Training & Consultancy (ET&C) Pvt.

Ltd also guaranteed the security and safety of the Mizo students at training campus.

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