Employment, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (ESDE)
DIMAPUR — The department of Employment, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (ESDE), government of Nagaland, has joined forces with Changeinkk Foundation, a non-profit organisation that is devoted to mainstreaming persons with learning disabilities, to skill individuals who often go unnoticed because of their invisible disabilities.
The department of Employment, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Changeinkk Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Kohima on May 18. The department was represented by Kovi Meyase, additional secretary and ex-officio director.
According to a DIPR report, the partnership aims to tap into the natural entrepreneurial spirit of those individuals and leverage their skills to drive innovation and growth for the state.
The department of Employment, Skill Development, and Entrepreneurship felt that individuals with invisible disabilities, especially those with specific learning disabilities, are often the driving force behind groundbreaking innovations that have changed the world. Keeping this in mind, it stated that the partnership with Changeinkk Foundation would focus on empowering those individuals by providing them with the necessary skills to become successful entrepreneurs and innovators.
It mentioned that Changeinkk Foundation is committed to building equitable ecosystems that promote the inclusion of individuals with learning disabilities from cradle to career. It added that instead of creating alternative systems of inclusion, the partnership would build the capacities of all stakeholders by enabling them to create a sustainable culture of inclusion.
It further stated that the Nagaland government and Changeinkk Foundation are committed to this partnership and believe that it would drive innovation, productivity, and growth for India.
Moatoshi holds consultative meeting
Meanwhile, the advisor of Labour and Employment, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Excise, Moatoshi Longkumer, held a consultative meeting with the principals of the Industrial Training Institutes and district employment officers and officials of the department of Employment, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship on May 18 and 19.
Moatoshi reviewed the activities and achievements of the departments and emphasised the need for innovation in reducing the unemployment rates in the state. He also highlighted the importance of conducting regular job fairs across the state to align unemployed youth with employers.
Moatoshi also encouraged the departments to work out an action plan to conduct one training programme in each district headquarters on two different trades each for men and women with the Mobile Skill Morung. He was of the opinion that this initiative would help improve accessibility to skill development and create more job opportunities for the youth.
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In his keynote address Kovi Meyase, ESDE director, appreciated the advisor for his concern towards the department and acknowledged his initiative towards taking the department forward.
The commissioner and secretary of Labour and Employment, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Sushil Kumar Patel, was also presented in the meeting.
