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Aneesh Shrivastava, 29, of Pratapgarh completed two professional courses, including a computer course, and applied for a class IV job in a government department but did not get it. He was forced to think about it as his courses and an MA degree could not fetch him a better job.
At a time when skill development is being promoted by the state and central governments, the skewed ratio of skilled manpower and jobs is a contentious issue. As per data with the state, UP has more than 1.5 million trained workers under the government’s skill development programmes but only over four lakh have got placements. Industries have urged the government to train more people as per the demand.
In a recent skill summit organized by different stakeholders including PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Anuna Education Network, National Skill Development Corporation and Uttar Pradesh Skill Development Mission, the issue of skill gap was raised and government representatives shared information about initiatives to address the issue.
