Asking youth to come forward and seek skills for self-employment to earn their livelihood, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shopian, Faz Lul Haseeb today remarked that the skilling of youth in relevant trades is the key to tide over the problem of unemployment.
The DC underlined this while speaking in a meeting to discuss the ways and means of skilling and capacity building of stakeholders. He impressed upon the officers the skill gap in the district as per employment potential and expected areas of investment.
He asked them to impart skills to every youth as par aptitude and willingness. He called for imparting skills that are relevant in the market and help the person in gainful employment.The DC issued instructions for making a robust mechanism to skill those youth identified during the recently held outreach programmes of Back to Village and My Town My Pride.
He reiterated that investments worth crores are coming to UT in next few years under Single Window System and it would open doors for thousands of youth to gain employment.The meeting was attended by Chief Planning Officer, Shopian; Assistant Commissioner Development, Shopian; LDM, CAO, CHO, CAHO, AD Fisheries, representatives from ITI and Polytechnic and other concerned.