Covid impact: Skill training centres told to remain shut

New Delhi: The skill development and entrepreneurship ministry has issued an advisory to its affiliated institutes to remain closed as per state government’s directives amid the Covid-19 outbreak, potentially slowing down the pace of skills training in the country.

In a statement on Monday, the ministry said that in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, all skill development training centres, Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), Jan Shikshan Sansthans (JSS) under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, will operate in adherence to the advisory issued by respective states and remain closed as per directions from the local government.

This is for urgent and necessary compliance to ensure preparedness to deal with the current situation, said the ministry.

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