The Assam Government ceremonially relaunched the Assam Skill Development Mission (ASDM) Skill Training Program on 4th November after months of closure due to the lockdown.
Minister of Skill, Employment & Entrepreneurship Department Chandra Mohan Patowary inaugurated the skill training program through virtual platform in the presence of Mission Director of ASDM Anand Prakash Tiwari, and Dr. K.K Dwivedi, Commissioner & Secretary of Skill, Employment & Entrepreneurship Department(SEED).
The ASDM Placement Linked Skill Training Program was launched in December 2017, with a vision to provide Short Term Training to the youth of Assam to provide gainful employment. However, due to COVID-19 pandemic, all the training centers across the state were closed from March 2020.
The centres were reopened today ceremonially to remove the apprehension among the candidates and to regain the positive atmosphere in the skill training ecosystem, for large scale participation of the youths of the state in the upcoming training program by maintaining COVID Protocols.
Till date, ASDM has trained 1,18,585 candidates. For the financial year 2020-21, total target of 26,600 has been allotted to 396 training Centres, covering 33 districts in 24 Sectors and 83 unique job roles.
