Punjab Skill Development Mission Society (PSDM society) is the nodal agency in the state of Punjab to ensure organization of skill training programs for the rural and urban youth through nationally accredited training partners. It integrates the efforts of various departments and public and private stakeholders engaged in skilling the youth of the state through numerous skill development schemes such as DDU-GKY, NULM, BOCW, PMKVY-II, etc. and bring necessary scale, synergy, oversight and effective coordination
in their implementation. PSDM society facilitates and monitors mobilization of eligible candidates at the grassroots level through empanelled training partners to participate in employment led and industry vetted hands-on skill training programs. The Mission also encourages and ensures organization of Kaushal-cum-Rozgar Melas and alumni meets from time to time in coordination with various stakeholders.
The skill training and youth employment mechanism has suddenly taken a complete back-seat due to outbreak of Coronavirus. Only a couple of months ago, “Skilling India” seemed to the prime focus of our Government, which seems completely vanished due to the ongoing pandemic crisis. The self-employed youth involved arduously in growing their own businesses have suffered economically and psychologically in managing their resources and supply-chain. The youth working with industries and organizations are now jobless and waiting for new employment opportunities in near future under precarious circumstances. There has been multifaceted outbreak of problems pertaining migrant laborers and workers. According to Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) the current jobless percentage is around 23.48% (Source:https://unemploymentinindia.cmie.com/).This sudden drop in skill and employment ecosystem will bring economic imbalance and astray from our goal of attaining demographic dividend.
However, the challenges which COVID 19 pandemic has imposed should be treated as an opportunity in creating an even more stronger and resilient skill and employment ecosystem. The learning from pandemic needs to be recognized in strategizing a robust action plan for mainstreaming projects by using technology. The project proposal of online skill training is designed to address the issues in a holistic framework in creating a resilient system.
INVITATION
Through this Request for Proposal (Tender Document), it is intended to invite Bids for selecting “Training providers” to provide online skill training as per Scope of Work. The basic objective of the work is to conduct online skill training for youths of Punjab of both rural and urban areas.
Last date to submit proposals is 15 April 2021. For more details, refer RFP document (Click here to download)
PSDM society may, at its own discretion, extend the date for submission of bids. In such a case all rights and obligations of PSDM society and bidders previously subject to the deadline will thereafter be subject to the deadline as extended.
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