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Indians continue to take upskilling route for jobs
The New Indian Express
|May 04, 2024
MORE and more Indians are arming themselves with skilling and up skilling courses under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme to secure better jobs, with the program witnessing a 26 percent jump in enrollment in 2023-24 compared to the previous year, officials said Friday.
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The scheme, launched in 2016, saw an enrollment of 35,333 people in 2018-19. In 202324, the figure reached 931,406. In 2022-23, the total number of apprentices registered was 738,704. Maharashtra registered the maximum number of enrolments in the scheme. The state saw an impressive enrolment of 263,239, followed by Tamil Nadu with 101,519.
The other states include Gujarat (83,611), Karnataka (78,497), and Uttar Pradesh (71,378). "This staggering increase represents a significant Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 74.76% over the five years," the officials added.
This story is from the May 04, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express.
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