Samsung Electronics India and the Government of West Bengal have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up four Samsung Technical Schools in Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the state, aimed at providing youth with vocational skills that make them readily employable.
The first Technical School was also inaugurated on August 14, 2014 at the Women's ITI, Gariahat by Hridesh Mohan, Secretary - Technical Education & Training, Government of West Bengal and Daniel Park, Senior Vice President, Customer Satisfaction, South West Asia, Samsung Electronics.
Out of the total population of eight crore in West Bengal there are over one crore unemployed youth. This initiative gives these youth not only an opportunity to gain technical skills but also help them with suitable job opportunities. The first batch at the Women's ITI, Gariahat has already commenced training from August 18, 2014, and will target 82 students. The training will last two months, with graduates, post evaluation, getting an opportunity to be placed in Samsung service centres.
Speaking at the inauguration Hridesh Mohan said "Skill development and creating job opportunities to the youth is one of the key focus areas for the Government of West Bengal. Having a better interaction between employers and educational institutions is one of the accepted measures for reducing unemployment. Technical education and training would provide skilled technicians supporting the emerging opportunities in the manufacturing sector of the State."
"Samsung's initiative towards opening technical schools is a step in the same direction. The first Samsung Technical School at Women's ITI, Gariahat is a key milestone and a step forward to provide substantial opportunities to the students who are looking at different avenues to gain skills which will make them readily employable. These partnerships help in further enhancing the intake capacity of the existing institutions as well as induction of better training in emerging fields."
The Technical Schools are being set up across the state as part of Samsung's commitment to provide youth with industry-ready skills, under its Corporate Social Responsibility platform.
The Technical Schools will run Samsung's Advanced Repair and Industrial Skills Enhancement (A.R.I.S.E.) program, specially designed to provide students trade-specific training on various aspects of repair and troubleshooting for consumer electronics products such as mobile phones, televisions, home theatres and home appliances.
Students will also get real-time working experience at Samsung authorised service centres. In addition to technical skills, the students will get a chance to learn soft skills which will further enable them to provide exemplary customer service.
