“Army Skill Training Centres are
driven by Compassion and Purpose to Enable and Empower army Spouses and Wards
to become Mainstream Contributors in their Household through NSDC Certified
Courses thus,enhancing their true self-worth”
Army Skill
Training Centre (ASTC), Delhi Cantt the iconic skill centre, was
inaugurated by Mrs Namita Suhag, President Army Wives Welfare Association
(AWWA) on 22 Aug 2016. ASTC, Delhi Cantt runs aspiration based skilling courses
for army spouses and wards in four job roles namely, Data Entry Operator,
Assistant Beauty Therapist, Sewing Machine Operator and Block-printing. These
skill courses are conducted under the overall guidelines of Ministry of Skill
Development & Entrepreneurship that are promulgated through National Skill
Development Corporation (NSDC). Skill courses at ASTC are conducted as per
curriculum issued by NSDC aligned to a given NSQF level with a defined
Qualification Pack. Pilot batches of three of these job roles, Assistant
Beauty Therapist, Sewing Machine Operator and Block-printing have completed
their training.
These trainees
have created history by not just being the pilot batches of ASTC, but also by
producing a remarkable pass percentage of 96.25%. Continuing the trail of
creating history, the ASTC Skill Certification Ceremony is also the Country’s
First skill certification ceremony under PMKVY2.0 scheme.
The successful
trainees were awarded Skill Certificates and start up kit by Mrs Namita Suhag,
President AWWA. Addressing the trainees President AWWA urged them to put the
acquired skills to good use by working and contributing to their household,
thus enhancing their self worth and become an inherent part of the make in
India ecosystem.
Army officers,
representatives of NSDC, concerned Sector Skill Councils and IL&FS, the
ASTC training partner, attended the ceremony. Army is in the process of setting
up ASTCs across the country in a phased manner. In Phase-I 15 locations
have been identified, of which in addition to Delhi Cantt, Missamari and
Kolkotta have commenced skilling courses. The number is slated to grow in the
near future to bring a larger population of the army spouses into the folds of
skilling ecosystem to enable and empower them.
Col Rohan Anand, SM
PRO (Army)