Vinit Wahi / NEW DELHI
The Minister for Minority Affairs & Parliamentary Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Thursday said that Garib Nawaz Skill Development Centres will be established in 100 districts of the country which will effectively ensure employment oriented skill development of youth belonging to Minority communities.
He said that in next six months, Garib Nawaz Skill Development Centres, providing job oriented skill training in various fields, will be established in Hyderabad, Noida, Lucknow, Jaipur, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Bhopal, Indore, Allahabad, Mysore, Chennai, Goa, Gauhati, Kolakata, Patna, Kishanganj, Dehradun, Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Ranchi, Giridih, Mewat, Tijara, Panipat, Delhi, Uddhamsingh Nagar, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Mumbai etc.
The Minority Affairs Minister today felicitated candidates, belonging to Minority communities, selected in the prestigious civil services examination who got financial assistance under “Nai Udaan” scheme, for coaching and preparation of competitive exams, of Ministry of Minority Affairs. Naqvi said that this is for the first time that a record number of youth from Minority communities, which also includes about 50 Muslims, have cleared the civil services examination 2016. It is the highest since Independence. Bilal Mohiuddin Bhatt from Jammu and Kashmir has got 10th rank.
A high-level 11-member committee, constituted by the Ministry of Minority Affairs to chalk out a detailed roadmap for educational empowerment of Minorities today submitted its report to Naqvi during Governing Body and General Body meeting of Maulana Azad Education Foundation. The Ministry of Minority Affairs is in the process to establish 5 world class educational institutions to provide better traditional and modern education to students belonging to Minority communities in technical, medical, Ayurved, Unani etc fields.
He said that the Ministry of Minority Affairs is working on a strategy so that these institutes can get started in next two years. We have proposed 40 per cent reservation for girls in these institutions.
The Minister said that to provide quality education to each and every child, Ministry of Minority Affairs will launch a mega education campaign “Tahrik-e-Taleem”. The campaign will be launched on 15th October, the birth anniversary of former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.
About 100 Navoday Vidyalaya type schools will be opened in Minority concentrated areas. The Ministry has established 23 Gurukul type residential schools.