Skill India Trains Over 5.35 Lakh in Andhra Pradesh

More than 5.35 lakh candidates have been trained under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 4.0 in Andhra Pradesh, with 4.28 lakh certified, while 93,094 apprentices have been engaged under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme-2 (NAPS-2), according to information provided by the Union ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship in the Lok Sabha on Monday.

The Skill India programme, implemented since 2022-23, comprises PMKVY 4.0, NAPS-2 and the Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) scheme. Andhra Pradesh has 26 PMKVY centres, 1,135 NAPS establishments and six JSS centres.

In Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district, 6,091 candidates were trained under PMKVY and 2,827 were certified. A total of 2,073 apprentices were engaged under NAPS, of whom 591 were certified.

The government said PMKVY 4.0 focuses on industry-relevant training, on-the-job exposure and job linkages through Kaushal Mahotsavs and the Skill India Digital Hub.

However, employers are not mandated to offer jobs to apprentices after completion of their training.