Lucknow: Sarojininagar MLA Rajeshwar Singh has written to chief minister Yogi Adityanath and Union labour and employment minister, proposing an integrated govt-industry-academia Jobs and Skills Mission to strengthen employment opportunities and improve employability of youth across Uttar Pradesh.Singh has proposed that all 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh should hold simultaneous jobs and skills fairs on…
Hyderabad: Admissions to Class 11 in Telangana govt junior colleges have increased by nearly 14% this academic year, according to the Directorate of Intermediate Education. The department revealed that the enrolment numbers rose from 75,000 in 2025-26 to 85,453 in 2026-27, bringing the total enrolment across the two years to 1,64,730.Officials attributed this increase to…
Chandigarh: As UNESCO marks World Youth Skills Day 2026 on July 15 with the theme ‘Skills for a Shared Future’, highlighting the importance of equipping young people with AI, digital and green skills, a visit to Chandigarh’s vocational training institutes reveals an ecosystem attempting to adapt to a rapidly changing world of work, one where…
Kharagpur: IIT Kharagpur will play a key role in the task force being set up by the state higher education department to implement the National Education Policy 2020, higher education minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay said at the institute’s 72nd convocation on Saturday. The event coincided with the institute’s platinum jubilee year.“A NEP implementation task force is…
Two govt ITIs will be upgraded in Chandigarh Chandigarh: More than Rs 120 crore will be invested to transform two Govt Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in Chandigarh into industry-driven centres of excellence, with a focus on training youth in emerging technologies, improving employability and aligning vocational education with industry requirements. The Chandigarh administration has initiated…
