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– About 16178 new opportunities created on the NAPS portal
– More than 82000 skilled youth attend first ever state wide Apprenticeship Mela in UP
– More than 4500 companies participate in the mela
Lucknow . Uttar Pradesh saw one of the biggest gatherings of vocational education candidates and establishments, as the state government organized the first Statewide Apprenticeship Mela, on October 4.
About 9168 contracts were signed between the establishments and the skilled candidates under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) & Chief Ministers Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme, giving employment to youth from the state.
The mela was organized at the Nodal ITIs of all 75 districts across Uttar Pradesh. The mela is being jointly organized by Department of MSME, Promotion and Export, Vocational Education and Skill Development Department, Directorate of Training and Employment and RightWalk Foundation, which is the Project Management Unit (PMU) of Apprenticeship Program.
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The minister of state for Vocational Education Shri Kapil Dev Agarwal inaugurated the Apprenticeship Mela at the Government Nodal ITI at Muzzafarnagar. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the state government is committed towards providing employment to youth. Such melas are really helpful in getting the youth closer to this goal. In District Gautam Buddh Nagar, Director General of Directorate General of Training (Govt of India) Ms Neelam Shami Rao inaugurated the mela at Nodal ITI Noida.
The mela was organized across all Government Nodal ITIs in 75 districts across Uttar Pradesh. More than 82,000 skilled candidates from various government programs attended the Mela.
These included graduates from various trades of ITI, certified candidates from UP Skill development mission, PMKVY and DDUKVY. Over 4500 establishments participated in the mela and selected candidates for apprenticeship program in their companies. A total of 9168 contracts for apprenticeship were signed between the candidates and the establishments and 16178 opportunities were created.
44511 Candidates and 2159 establishments registered on NAPS through the mela.
Some of the significant companies which participated included Samsung India, Yamaha India, UFlex, Elcomponics, Awadh Rail Infra, HAL, Hero Motocorp, Tata Motors Limited and many more.
The industry representatives expressed their happiness at attending the mela and said that the mela has given them an opportunity to interact with the skilled candidates directly. They also expressed their willingness to hire more candidates as per their demands.
The mela also saw creation of 16178 new apprenticeship opportunities on the NAPS portal by various establishments. These new opportunities will now see new hirings across the state in the coming week
Speaking about the fair, secretary to the chief minister and secretary Technical and Vocational Education Shri Alok Kumar said “This fair was organized to bring the establishments and the skilled youth together and help them get a better understanding of the apprenticeship program.
Since it is legally binding for the establishments who have more than 29 employees now to hire apprentices, it was important for them to understand the program. Such huge participation from both the candidates and the industry has helped in creating more employment opportunities in UP.
Talking about the mela and the Apprenticeship program, Samina Bano from PMU Apprenticeship said, “Apprenticeship is a very powerful scheme to promote employment to the youth. When we decided to work on this scheme, we realized its potential and as the PMU, we not only created awareness but with support from the state government, we have been able to get more and more candidates and establishments registered on the NAPS portal and create opportunities.” Bano was present at the Nodal ITI at Barabanki.
The mela was organized to promote and create awareness about the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS). The scheme, launched in 2016 by the Government of India, has been created according to the Apprenticeship Act of 1961.The state government subsequently launched the Chief Minister’s Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (CMAPS) in 2020.
These apprentices are mainly candidates who have graduated from ITIs. The scheme offers enhanced reimbursement to establishments against stipend paid to apprentices and subsidizes the cost of Basic Training for youth.
The National Apprentice Promotion Scheme (NAPS) has made this entire process easier as one can now register on NAPS portal, create opportunities as per their requirements and even select candidates from those registered on the portal.
