Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, July 21-
Change at the helm of the affairs in the state reaffirmed the faith of people in the system with the pre-bid meeting held to allocate three Multi Skill Development Centres (MSDCs) run by Punjab Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training department, received an overwhelming response from the training partners, said Aman Arora, Minister of Employment Generation, Punjab here on Sunday. Pertinently, this was for the first time that as many as 30 bidders participated in the pre-bid meeting.
Arora said that Punjab Skill Development Mission has five Multi Skill Development Centres (one each in Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Bathinda, Amritsar, and Hoshiarpur). The MSDCs in Jalandhar, Bathinda, and Ludhiana have become vacant, and these centres are to be allocated to training agencies shortlisted through a Request for Proposals (RFP) process.
These MSDCs have training capacity of 4500 candidates in a year (1500 candidates in each MSDC). Professional courses will be run for students in these centres, he added.
Congratulating the officials of Punjab Skill Development Mission (PSDM) for providing conducive environment to training partners and Industrial Associations, Mr. Aman Arora assured all the stakeholders every possible support to ensure optimum utilisation of MSDCs.