MAPUSA
Skilling is the only way forward in our country and we need to ensure that our students are equipped with new types of skills to make people competitive and employable, said the Health Minister.
The Health Minister also said, on Thursday, that plans to set up a centre of excellence have been fast tracked and the government was already in talks with Singapore polytechnic and other international institutes.
“If the students are skilled then they will be in a better position to get jobs and be of use in different institutions. After setting up of the skilling centre, the government is planning to set up a centre of excellence in the State with international partnership. We have identified land in IDC or in the GMC campus in Bambolim,” the Health Minister said.
The Health Minister was addressing a gathering after inaugurating a skill development centre at the renovated old Asilo building in Mapusa in presence of Health Secretary C R Garg, Director of Skill Development, Deepak Naik, Director of Health Services, Jose D’Sa.
The Directorate of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has tied up with Wipro GE Healthcare to set up the skilling centre.
The Health Minister said that the process to start a state-of-the-art skilling centre in the State was on but due to the pandemic the work in that direction got delayed.
“We are happy to engage with Wipro GE Healthcare as training partners. Initially, we have just a couple of courses which will gradually increase. We need more types of skills so that the students can get into the pharma sector and other streams,” he said.
“The State has already been working very hard. We have managed to introduce a new set of skills that are required to tackle the pandemic. We have managed to form a robust system to tackle the Covid-19 disease,” he added.
The Director of Skill Development, Deepak Naik informed the centre will start with two courses one of which would start from Friday.
“Wipro Healthcare is starting more courses. There will also be paid courses. A 21-day course on job training will also be done and later the trainees will be assessed,” Naik said.
Anuj Kumar, from the Centre of Excellence, Bangalore informed the GE Healthcare institute was started in 2014.
“We have a host of health related equipment and have a footprint in other States. We have a Covid training programme and have lined up a couple of big programmes which are evolving,” Kumar said.
