ITANAGAR, May 05: Skill Development & Entrepreneurship director Sibo Passing inaugurated a three-day faculty orientation on ‘21st Century Employability Skills’ for faculty members of Govt. Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) at D.K Convention Centre here on Monday.
The department in collaboration with the Wadhwani Foundation has launched the training to empower state youth with skills needed for rapidly evolving present job market. By emphasizing essential competencies, like critical thinking, problem-solving, communication and collaboration, the training aims to bridge the gap between academia and industry to ensure greater employability of ITIians.
Passing highlighted importance of continuous learning and development in competitive environment. The collaboration reaffirms the department’s commitment to provide quality education and training to the state youth to get better employment opportunities.
The Wadhwani Foundation curriculum would sensitize and enable them to implement the course using experiential learning pedagogy and blended learning methodology. Moreover, it would guide educators in applying flipped classroom approach and enhance their proficiency in employability concepts while ensuring effective use of the platform to track student performance.
This initiative aims to equip faculty members with essential tools and methodologies to effectively impart crucial skills to the trainees to make them ready as modern workforce. It would provide educators with practical strategies and resources to integrate these vital skills into their existing curriculum and pedagogy. This train-the-trainer model ensures a cascading effect, ultimately benefiting a larger pool of trainees across the state, according to an official release.
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