Sundargarh: The district administration has opened a new centre of ‘Sudakshya’, a free pre-recruitment coaching initiative, in Koira block.
The centre, set up on Koira College premises, is the fourth such facility in the district. Speaking at the opening function of the centre, Bonai MLA Laxman Munda said, “Youth from a mining affected area like Koira will immensely benefit from the programme. This initiative will help transform the future of many families from this area.”
“It has been a year since three Sudakshya centers are operational in the district. Many candidates skilled at this short term job readiness programme have secured employment in different organisations. The initiative has been instrumental in fulfilling the career dreams of many educated youth from the mining, SC/ST and underprivileged families”, said district collector Nikhil Pavan Kalyan.
Bonai sub-collector Pradeep Dang, Koira block chairman Suresh Kumar Naik, zilla parishad members Sushila Panda and Ashok Kumar Naik, Koira sarpanch Hrushikesh Dehuri, tehsildar Subhadarshi Joshi, BDO Pallabi Rani Raj, senior officials from District Mineral Foundation (DMF) and chairman of Niyatee Foundation Nirmal Kumar Panda and CEO Itishree Panda were present.
The administration had initially opened three centres of ‘Sudakshya’ programme, supported by DMF, at Sundargarh, Rourkela and Bonai. Students who have passed out of Plus II and Plus III courses in the district are inducted to this 3-month free residential coaching programme through a selection process. The selected candidates are provided free books and study material, uniform, food, library facilities.
The programme offers specialised coaching for examinations for jobs in various sectors including banking, insurance, Staff Selection, Railway, Army, Air force, Navy, Odisha Police, Para Military Forces. Besides theory subjects, physical fitness training is an added feature of the programme.
