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Skilling youth top priority, says Kejriwal; Govt to open 25 new centres

| | Jul 12, 2017, at 05:41 pm
New Delhi, Jul 12 (IBNS): Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday that 'skilling' the youth is his top priority.

"Skilling our youth n providing them jobs our top priority now, in addition to education n health," his tweet read.

This comes at a time when the Delhi government has already made public its intention to open 25 news skills centres and universities by the next year.

Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia said that the move will enable  30,000 students to enroll themselves in various professional courses.

Speaking about the government's Vivek Vihar centre, Sisodia was quoted in the media as saying, "The centre has had good response and a hundred percent placement rate for students. While maintaining the quality of education provided, we want to increase the intake of students and set up new centres.'

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