Chandigarh: The Punjab government has trained as many as 265 girls for the Army, CAPF and Punjab Police for the first time through Centre for Training and Employment of Punjab Youth (C-PYTE) camps across the state, said Punjab Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Minister Aman Arora.
He was chairing the 5th Governing Council meeting of the C-PYTE, here at his office, on Wednesday. Highlighting another major decision, he said that the state would soon open a C-PYTE camp exclusively for girls aspiring to join the armed forces at village Theh Kanjla in Kapurthala district and the camp will be run entirely by the women staff.
An additional C-PYTE camp will also be established in Pathankot district to enable the state’s youth for employment into the Police, Armed Forces and CAPF. Currently, Punjab has 14 C-PYTE camps across the state.
Arora directed the concerned officials to complete the work of under-construction three new camps situated at village Asal Uttar (Tarn Taran), village Kheri (Sangrur) and Borewal (Mansa) within a stipulated time.
Principal Secretary Skill Development and Training Jaspreet Talwar apprised the Cabinet Minister that as many as 2,58,760 youth have been trained totally free of cost through these C-PYTE camps, of which, 1,15,649 have been employed.
Apart from training for uniformed forces, the youth are also being trained for alternative employment to enhance their employability.
Director General of C-PYTE Major General Rambir Singh Mann said that the staff of C-PYTE camps have been working assiduously to instil values including national integration, discipline, and social concern in the youth.