Free labour residential schools to come up in Jharkhand: CM Hemant Soren

Ranchi, September 30: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday said the state’s labour department will start work on opening schools for poor children across 24 districts from next year.

Soren, addressing Job Skill Conclave in Dhanbad district, also said that the number of model schools in Jharkhand would increase to 5,000 from 80 at present, so that poor children could compete with students of private schools.

At the event, the chief minister distributed offer letters to around 36,996 youths, who were recruited in various national and multi-national companies.

Soren also credited travel and unemployment allowance to the accounts of the youths, who are undergoing training under block-level institutes for skill acquisition.

Besides, he unveiled 217 projects worth around Rs 178.12 crore for Dhanbad district.

“Youths get their education from different schools before getting employment through the labour department. But, now ‘Shram Awasiya Vidyalayas’ (residential schools of the department) will be opened across 24 districts. Poor children will get to study there for free. We will start working on the project next year,” Soren said.

The Chief Minister said that our government is continuously working to pave the way for the youth of the state. The government is committed to how the young generation of the state can be strong. Now our government has decided that labor schools will be opened in all the districts of the state through the Labor Department. Quality education will be provided to the children of the poor and working class in all the districts of the state.

Addressing the youths who received appointment letters, the chief minister said: “You all have been trained in government training centres of the labour department, and you got jobs as per your skills. But, your race shouldn’t stop here. You can brighten your future further. It depends on you and your goals.”

Hemant Soren handed over job offer letters to 36996 beneficiaries and gifted Rs 178 crore to Dhanbad district, by laying foundation stone of 133 schemes worth 129 crores and inaugurated 84 schemes worth 48 crores.

The Chief Minister said that after the formation of the government, the priority of our government has been how to move forward in the field of education and health. In view of this, we opened excellent schools in all the districts of the state.

The Chief Minister said that many youth of the state started working in private sector companies with a salary of 20 to 25 thousand rupees, today the same youth are working in various positions in many well-known companies of the country and abroad with a salary of lakhs of rupees.