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The government plans to set up skill hubs across India to provide comprehensive skilling and vocational training to students, dropouts and also those seeking employment, with 5,000 such centres planned in the first phase, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the skill hubs are being set up using existing infrastructures of both the education system and the Skill India initiative.
“The skill hubs are going to be 5,000 in the first phase and we expect skill hub to be present in almost every part of India, as conglomeration of both education and skilling network,” he said in reply to a question by BJP’s Vijay Pal Singh Tomar who wanted to know the purpose and coverage of the skill hub initiative.
