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Skill Training Guidelines :

The State of Tamil Nadu is one of the most industrialized states in India.

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In favorable investment climate created by the State Government, accompanied by strong infrastructure and resource base has attracted huge investment by multinational companies in Tamilnadu. The investment in the field of automobile, construction, information & communication, service industries etc. have created lot of employment opportunities for rural youth. Though there is high demand for youth employment, shortage of skilled labor has deprived the opportunities of millions of rural youth in State. Realizing the big gap between demand and supply of skilled labor in the State, the Vazhndhu Kattuvom Project among other things aims at making millions of unskilled and semi skilled youth into potential skilled youth thereby securing sustainable employment.

Objectives :
To built the capacity of the unemployed and under employed youth both of male & to acquire sustainable self employment or employment either in industries or companies.

Strategy :
** Village Poverty Reduction Committees (VPRCs) have developed Youth Data Base for each Panchayat in which the details of youth like name, age, sex, qualification, trade of interest to undergo training etc are collected. From the Youth Data base, interested youth are identified by VPRC and trainings are imparted in partnership with various industries / institutions.
** VRPC will be responsible for successful implementation of the Skill Training.
** Formation of Youth Forum and Youth sub committees

Twin approaches adopted by VK Project for employment generation for rural youth are :
Employable Skill training :
Trainings are organized through reputed industries / institutions and employment arranged.

District Job Fair :
Direct employment is created to rural youth by linking the youth with major companies at thedistrict level.

Team for selection of training institutes :
Each district may constitute a district level team to identify the reputed institutions in the district level. The team may consist the following members :

Criteria for selection of Training Institutes :
** The above team will visit the training institutes and select the training institute based on the following criteria :
** The training institution should be a reputed / recognized (Govt. or industry) institution offering job-oriented skills training.
** The courses offered should preferably have accreditation or recognition from reputed universities/ industry or association or Government agencies.
** Assessment should be done on trades, duration and cost of various trainings offered by the institute

Selection of candidates :
** VPRC will be responsible for selection of candidates and youth sub committee will play major role in selecting the candidates for training
** Youth both male and in the age group of 18-35 years are only eligible for skill training.
** The candidates should be selected based on the eligibility criteria of the company / industry like age, sex, qualification, height, weight etc.
** Candidates should be from target group, however 20% of non target youth may also be selected.
** Preference should be given to members from the families of Self Help Groups / Youth Forum / Youth SHGs / Disabled SHGs followed by unemployed youth from the target families.

Payment procedure for training :
** No training / payment should be made to the training institution without entering into a proper agreement. Payment details should be clearly spelled out in the agreement.
** No advance shall be made to any institution before commencing the training at any circumstance. However, part payment can be made proportionately after completion of 30 days training considering total duration of the training.
** In exceptional cases like Driving (LMV & HMV) where license fee to be paid to the RTO / Govt. the amount of license fee alone may be paid to the training institute before commencement of the training.
** If the course is successfully completed, 75% of the total course fee can be released to the institute after verification of relevant records like attendance, issue of course completion certificate etc.
** The remaining 25% of course fee should be released to the institution only after placement of at least 80% of successfully completed candidates.