With the State government zeroing on the location of capital region in and around Tullur mandal, it is fast forwarding proposals to identify and train prospective men and women in different skill sets. As part of the move, the Employment Generation Marketing Mission (EGMM) is all set to undertake a survey in the region to identify the perspective skilled workforce.
Men and women in and around Tullur, Mangalagiri mandals have been dependant solely on agriculture and now, the government is keen on imparting skills to people to work in various fields, feels EGMM Chief Executive Officer D. Muralidhar Reddy.
He said that a preliminary survey would commence on Tuesday in which as many as 20 teams would take part. “We will undertake a baseline survey to identify prospective skilled workers. We will ascertain their educational qualifications, physical fitness, skill sets and interests before organising tailor-made training sessions,’’ Mr. Reddy told The Hindu on Monday.
The EGMM imparts 120 training programmes in 16 sectors including construction, fashion designing, cellphone repair and etc. The duration of the programmes vary from a month to six month. Self employment generation programmes are also part of the training courses. Apart from in-house programmes in construction, security services, EGMM has tied up with partners like National Academy of Construction, CMC Ltd, Tally India Pvt Ltd, NIIT, Hyderabad Gems and etc.
The survey would be done by job resource persons drafted by the DRDA and EGMM. A skill development centre is also likely to be set up at Tullur by the GMR group.
Later, Mr. Reddy visited to Chowdaraiah College at Chilakaluripet and inspected lands available to set up a skill training centre.