MoU for skill development programmes

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Common Services Centers recently. This collaboration is for the delivery of services related to various skill development programmes to youth in rural and remote areas of the country.

Under the partnership, CSCs at the village level will act as a Skill Desk, creating awareness about the various available skill development programmes. Registrations of the candidates will be carried out under the available programme for skill development training, along with Aadhaar seeding of candidates and certificate distribution. Since 2010, NSDC has trained over 3 crore people through its collaboration with 600+ training partners and over 11,000 training centres spread across 600+ districts in the country.
Commentinf on this, Ved Mani Tiwari, Chief Operating Officer of NSDC said,” . This strategic partnership will help NSDC leverage the database and analytics of CSC and plan intended skilling for the youth who aspire to be skilled.”