Skill development: Government set to launch mobile app

“With growing number of youth having access to mobile phones and hand-held devices, a mobile app exclusively about skill development and vocational education plays a significant role in reaching out to many across the state. Besides having information on finger tips and being able to apply for admissions on the go will be a great boon for skill seekers as it will save their time and money. We are currently analysing the working of other such apps. Two of our officials on Monday visited Jaipur to understand the working of an application launched by the Rajasthan government last year,” said Deepak Kapoor, principal secretary of Skill Development and entrepreneurship department.

Apart from Rajasthan, other states that have launched skill development app of their own are Telangana and Meghalaya. Kapoor added, “We want to make sure that the application is people-friendly, helpful, and updated. Telangana and Rajasthan have around 700 and 871 vocational institutes respectively whereas Maharashtra has 2,061 institutes catering to around 1.30 lakh students in various field of skill development. Hence, we will have to not just widen our spectrum, but make it appealing for aspirants and skill seekers to register with the app. Besides, we also want to make this application a tool to monitor the mandatory employment to 70 percent total skilled youth every year.”

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