Sikkim’s skill building initiative impresses Arunachal Minister

GANGTOK, 11 June: Agriculture Minister, Arunachal Pradesh along with Commissioner cum Secretary, Agriculture Department, Arunachal Pradesh, Hage Kojin and other officials visited the State Institute of Capacity Building (SICB), Karfectar on Sunday to get familiarized with the concept and genesis of Livelihood School and Capacity Building programs in Sikkim.
As per an SICB release, a special program and interactive session was held at the Mini conference hall of SICB at 7:00 PM. The Joint Chief Administrator, KB Pradhan welcomed all the delegates and informed the house about the establishment of State institute of Capacity Building, Karfectar, South Sikkim and Livelihood Schools.
Chief Administrator, SD Dhakal, in his power point presentation delivered in length about the concept of the Government of Sikkim for establishment of Livelihood Schools in all assembly Constituencies of Sikkim monitored by SICB.
He further explained in detail about the functioning, monitoring, diversified courses running in Livelihood Schools, installation of Management Information System (MIS), admission criteria, disbursement of stipend, outreach program, placements, certification of courses, functioning of service partners, collaboration with IGNOU, IIE, Ministry of Small, Micro and Medium Enterprise, Government of India, Lalmati, Guwahati, North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC), North East Rural Livelihood Project Sikkim (NERLPS).
Minister, Mr Sena in his deliberation appreciated the concept of the Chief Minister of Sikkim, Pawan Chamling and was pleased to know about the conditions adopted by the SICB and Livelihood Schools which are mandatory for obtaining stipend and skills, the release informs.
He further applauded the strong political will of the Chief Minister of Sikkim in this sector. The Minister expressed his desire to implement the idea of Livelihood School for the benefit of the youth of Arunachal Pradesh.
He further expressed that there is need of exchange of views between Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim in this field. Sikkim is a role model not for North East states only but to other states of the country as well and it is a happening and progressive State, he said.
The release adds that during the interactive session, a brain storming discussion took place between the delegates present. A detailed discussion on various aspects like fund allocation, courses and syllabus, certification, status of trainers, pedagogy, training modules, monitoring of trainees and trainers of Livelihood Schools and SICB, faculty members qualification, appointment of officers of SICB and other academic and administrative matters.
Accompanying Minister Sena on the visit were Director, Agriculture Marketing, AK Purkastha, Managing Director, Marketing Federation, President, National Youth Project-Arunachal Pradesh, HP Biswas, Deputy Director (Horticulture), Arunachal Pradesh, Narang Tani, Senior Journalist, Pradeep Kumar, ADC, Jairampur, M Roy, In-charge, Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) Sikkim Branch, AS Dewan and NGO representatives from Arunachal Pradesh.
The program ended with the vote of thanks proposed by Deputy Chief Administrator, Sunil Kumar Mothay while the program was coordinated by Deputy Director (Resource & Coordination), Dr. IBS Yadav.