CII-PARFI to set up skill development centres

Industry chamber Confederation of Indian Industry and Pan-IIT Alumni Reach For India PARFI have forged a partnership to set up a national chain of rural,residential training centres for under-privileged youth with annual training capacity of 10,000 candidates per annum.

The partnership will see setting up of vocational finishing schools targeting school drop outs below grade X and from BPL households and full-time,residential training of 30-45 days in trades like welding,construction,catering,driving with a practical orientation among others,said a CII release.

The move assumes significance in the light of the fact that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set a target to have skilling of 500 million youth by the year 2022. PanIIT Alumni Reach For India PARFI is a nation building arm of PanIIT Alumni.

The skill development centres will be called as gurukuls. About 30 gurukuls with a training capacity of 10,000 will be set up across the country.