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Training programme on carpentry

IGNOU Institute for Vocational Education and Training (IIVET), in collaboration with Rustomjee Academy for Global Career, Mumbai, organised a vocational training programme on Carpentry (Shuttering) in the construction industry, in Shillong.

The one-month training programme, which started on December 6, 2010, provided the participants an option of extending the training to six months. The participants who decided to continue after the completion of the programme, have been put in a six-month on-the-job training, with a salary of `4,000-5,000. They can further become supervisors and earn up to `8,000 a month.

Rustomjee Academy for Global Career has joined hands with IIVET in its endeavour towards Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives.

From The Vice Chancellor

The Planning Commission, Government of India, has started the process of preparing an Approach to the 12th Five Year Plan. An open consultation, involving all stakeholders, is in progress. ‘Twelve Strategy Challenges’ have been identified to initiate these consultations. These Strategy Challenges, according to the Planning Commission, refer to some core areas that require new approaches to produce the targeted results.

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