Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, November 22-
In a bid to enable the state’s youth for employment into the Police, Armed Forces and CAPF, Punjab Government has given a go ahead to establish a new Centre for Training and Employment of Punjab Youth (C-PYTE) camp in border district Pathankot.
This decision was taken in an Executive Board meeting of Centre of Employment Generation & Training, chaired by Minister Aman Arora, Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training, Punjab.
Currently, Punjab has 14 C-PYTE camps across the state and a new camp will be established at Tango Shah in Pathankot district and 5.5 acres of land has also been identified for the same. As many as 2,57,595 youth have been trained totally free of cost in these C-PYTE camps and 1,14,861 have been employed so far, he added.
The Executive Board has also approved the introduction of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) certified Security Guard Training into the syllabus of C-PYTE. This training will be imparted through a training partner and a tie up will be done with PESCO for placement of C-PYTE qualified youth.