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specifically to meet strong demand
for skilled workers from garment
industry hubs in Noida and Okhla.
The course, certified by NSDC/Skill
India, is open to students/youth with
class VIII qualifications, and is free-
of-charge. Life skills development
programs including English com-
munication and personality groom-
ing for the hospitality and retail
industries are also offered. Currently,
Gyanshree School class VI-XII stu-
dents are being provided skills train-
ing on weekends, and other youth
after school hours daily.
“In all our programmes, modules
on personal hygiene, English com-
munication, housekeeping and other
skills to make students job-ready are GSH fashion design students
compulsory. After completion of the
training programme, students are says Kashyapi Puri, program coor- to train 500 children and youth over
given two weeks on-the-job train- dinator, GSH, who adds that school the next two years with plans to roll
ing at retail outlets of Haldiram’s. managements wishing to adopt out three new short-term courses —
Graduates of both courses have CBSE’s Skill Hub programme are beauty & wellness, travel & tourism,
found ready employment in Haldi- welcome (by appointment) to visit information technology — in 2025.
ram’s, local garment factories with the Gyanshree Skill Hub. Fair winds!
some also turning entrepreneurs,” FUTURE PLANS. GSH has set a target AUTAR NEHRU

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