German Ambassador meets Gujarat CM:Skill development in agenda

German Ambassador meets Gujarat CM:Skill development in agenda

Gandhinagar

German Ambassador Mr. Michael Steiner today paid a courtesy visit to Gujarat Chief Minister Mrs. Anandiben Patel in Gandhinagar. During their meeting they discussed on vocational training and skill development.

Germany’s Apprenticeship Model is well-acclaimed; and thus Mrs. Patel shared that Gujarat should take inputs and engage in qualitative vocational training. They discussed that Gujarat and Germany can collaborate in the field of skill development to empower the youth, which will give a boost to employability in MSMEs.

Mrs. Patel expressed that forming such ‘Skill Clusters’ with the motive to encourage skill-development in the state will enable Gujarat to be a model state for vocational training and skill development.

During the meeting, German Ambassador gave details on incentives given to the German industries for providing vocational training to the youth.

Additional Chief Secretary Mr. Arvind Agrawal, Principal Secretary Mr. Sanjay Prasad, Principal Secretary to CM Ms. S. Aparna, Secretary Mr. Ajay Bhadu and senior officials were present in the meeting.

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