Amaravati : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy said the government would set up Skill Development University in Tirupati and a High-end Skills University in Visakhapatnam to impart job orientation training in the final lap of education for students.
Addressing a review meeting here recently, Mr Reddy said that the Skill Development University would be the umbrella organisation for the 25 Skill Development Centres that would be coming up in all the Parliament constituencies, while the High-end Skills University would provide advanced courses in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
“By bringing all the activities of Skill Development under one University, it will be easy to review and monitor the activities and it will be corruption-free. The Skill Development University will decide on which aspects of training should be given at Skill Development Centers and students would have a full understanding of what kind of training is available there,” the Chief Minister said.
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He directed the officials to select one or two polytechnic colleges from each Parliamentary constituency and convert them into Skill Development Centers and train for more skills to the people who have completed technical courses like Engineering, Diploma and ITI courses.
“Select one polytechnic college from each Parliamentary constituency by the next meeting, develop infrastructure in that college and ensure that all the skill development activities be conducted from this college,” the Chief Minister said.
Mr Reddy instructed the officials to identify local industries and their requirements and train the students accordingly. Local industry representatives should be made board members in the respective parliamentary constituencies to boost the training activities.
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He stressed the need for establishing another university for High-end Skills and told that skills related to Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) would be taught in this university. He directed the officials to prepare a plan for setting up such university.
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