Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 7: Minister for Information Technology, Techni-cal Education and Youth Services & Sports, Moulvi Imran Raza Ansari today convened a series of meetings to review the functioning of the departments under his Ministry .
Commissioner Secretary IT, Technical Education and Youth Services & Sports, Hirdesh Kumar, DG Sports, Jahangir Mir, Director Technical Education, Shabnam Kamli, Secretary Sports Council, Jawaid Ahmed Shah and concerned senior officers were present in the meeting.
The Minister received a detailed resume of activities and achievements from all these departments and Sports Council.
He asked the concerned officers to take concerted efforts for generating mass awareness among stakeholders about the Skill Development mission so that maximum people specially the youth can avail benefit of the programme and enhance their employability.
Mr Ansari appreciated the projected Skill Development Plan by the department and emphasized on completing the works of 18 new Polytechnic colleges in a time bound manner.
Regarding the proposal for skill training programme in Polytechnic colleges for the current session, starting from May 2016, he was informed that 13 institutions are providing training in different trades and skills across the State.
DG Sports while giving details of the activities of the department informed the Minister that the sports calendar for the current year has been released and emphasis has been laid to motivate school going children and drop out students to take part in the sports activities. It was also given out that several traditional sports activities have been introduced in the sports calendar.
Later, a Newsletter ‘Activities & Achievements of Youth Services and Sports’ was released by the Minister on the occasion. The Newsletter is dedicated to former Chief Minister, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed for his visionary ideas to revive sports sector in the State.
The Newsletter compiled by DG Sports, apart from carrying memorable moments of 2015 with Late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, also carries pictures of important sports events, besides information about the status of the State teams at the National scene, participation of the players in various sports events, medal tally and information about scholarships given to medalists and participants.
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