Hyderabad Aug 14 : The Central Government will spend Rs 1500 crore for imparting apprenticeship training to 3.23 lakh youth through Board of Apprenticeship Training (BAT) under 11th Five-Year Plan to increase their job prospects.
Talking to media persons here on Tuesday, BAT Director (South Region) A Ayyakkannu said that the Souther Region has created a history by imparting training to 73,000 out of 1, 62,000 students registered across the country last year. Of them 28 per cent were women, seven per cent minorities, 10 per cent SCs, 1.25 per cent STs and 0.5 per cent Physically Handicapped in 2011-12. Almost 60 per cent of the trained students have already got placements in the private sector in the in Information Technology, manufacturing and and other industries.
He informed that the Board has selected Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam and Tirupati as special centers as these areas have better job prospects. He informed that board was entrusted a job to impart training to one lakhs students by selecting 10 thousand Industries in the year 2012-13. The Board will provide Rs 3,560 stipend to Degree and Engineering students, Rs 2,530 for Graduate and Diploma Holders, Rs 2,070 to Poly-technic Students and Rs 1,970 for 10+2 vocational Certificate holders during the training.
The Board will also issue certificate to the students after completion of their training. To avail the training opportunity students will have to apply it right after completion of their education or within three years period, Ayyakkannu said.
To create awareness in students about the training program, The Board of Apprenticeship Training has organized a seminar on August 22 at High Tech City Hotel at AVASA in the city. About 125 multi-national companies would take part in the seminar which would be inaugurated by Technical Education Commissioner Ajay Jain. Director and CEO Man Vision Consulting K R Sudhakar and Joint Director PIB Shruti Patil also spoke.
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