WBSCL join hands with Howrah City Police to impart training to unemployed youth

Kolkata: West Bengal Swarojgar Corporation Limited (WBSCL) has joined hands with Howrah City Police to impart training to unemployed youth under the latter's jurisdictional area so that they become self-reliant. The training under Project Kiran initiated by Howrah City Police will be offered to 250 such youth under seven police station areas.

"We are starting with the training of 250 youth but our target is to train 1,000 such youth in various vocations so that they become self-sufficient," said Pulak Roy, chairman of WBSCL.

A senior official of WBSCL, which comes under the aegis of the Self-Help Group (SHG) department of the state government, informed that two places have already been earmarked for imparting the training. The areas in which the youth will be trained are tailoring, beautician, driving and medical representative. Professionals and experts in the mentioned fields have been roped in by WBSCL so that the training is of international standards. "We have held talks with a leading garment organisation who will be offering a one month training to those who successfully complete our tailor training. Following this, they have agreed to absorb these youth.

Driving licences will be given free of cost to those who successfully complete our driving training," a senior WBSCL official said.

The SHG department will hold job fairs to facilitate the trained youth seek employment. Apart from local unemployed youth, the Howrah City Police have identified unemployed persons from the police family and from those who had once been criminals but are now seeking a path of reform to reap the benefits of the training. Kolkata Police had launched its Kiran programme a few years back and already more than 800 people have received training.