Start in-house weekly training for employees: Govt

NEW DELHI, Feb 11:With Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasising on providing regular training to Government employees, the Centre has asked all secretaries to start in-house weekly training for employees working under them.The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has sought an action taken report from them, for apprising the Prime Minister�s Office, in case the training has already been initiated by them.Citing importance of Knowledge, Skill and Attitude (KSA) in employees for citizen-centric governance, the DoPT had in October last year directed all ministries to hold in-house weekly training �immediately� to help them perform their work efficiently. �All ministries or departments are again requested to start hourly in-house weekly training and to inform the action taken to this department for apprising the PMO,� an order issued by the DoPT said.The Prime Minister Modi had emphasised on providing regular training to Government employees during a presentation made by Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.The objective of the hour-long in-house weekly training is to provide training to all employees of the ministry or departments on a regular basis without dislocating their work, another DoPT order said. At present, senior civil servants are exposed to a number of training programmes at different stages such as induction training, mandatory mid-career training, in-service training, etc.�These trainings are mostly organised service-wise and within services at same level. Perhaps there is no training being imparted at ministry or department level covering all its Group B and C employees on same subject,� the order said.The department would be free to choose training topics as per their requirements and utilise in-house expertise for imparting training. (PTI)