NEW DELHI: Young men (17-25 years), staying at the shanties in Coolie Camp, Nepali Camp and Motilal Nehru Camp, which dot the upscale areas of VasantVihar and VasantKunj in south Delhi, were in for a surprise during the weekend. HR executives from top banks like ICICI and SBI as well as call centres lined up outside for hiring capable candidates.
To their delight, 11 of them were placed at entry-level positions with average salaries a little above Rs 8,000. So far, 45 youngsters have been trained in the basics of computer, as part of an initiative between Vasant Vihar police and the NGO JustRozgar.com. The three-month course teaches students-mostly school dropouts, onetime child labourers and drug addicts, some of them with petty cases against them-DTP, Tally and MS-Office to equip them for an entry-level data operator's job.
Another 19 of them from the same batch have now resumed formal education, some of them opting for computer science after completing Class XII.
The cops, who launched this scheme in November last year, redoubled their efforts to include more students after the Nirbhaya gangrape incident. "We wanted to show that girls are equal to boys and aimed to induct the maximum number of women. We are finally getting a good response after the first round of placements, necessitating three classes in a day," a trainer at the Vasant Vihar police station, where the classes are held, told TOI.
"Some telecom companies have also shown keen interest in our students," said B S Jaiswal, DCP (south).
Anil Sharma, the area SHO, said 19 more students are benefiting from the initiative.
According to the NGO We the People, in charge of the project, every trained person is given the minimum monthly pay as stipulated by the government. "Some of our students have been offered Rs 11,000 as the initial salary as our course, developed in consultation with industry leaders, has been aligned with market needs. We hold classes in three shifts-from 8am to 10am, 3pm to 5pm, and finally between 5pm and 7pm. Each batch has a maximum of 15 students," says said an NGO representative.
Police say they are banking on the initiative to provide gainful employment to the youth. "This belt has been crime-prone and the only way to wean the youth off crime is by helping them to stand on their feet," said an officer.
Source:TNN
To their delight, 11 of them were placed at entry-level positions with average salaries a little above Rs 8,000. So far, 45 youngsters have been trained in the basics of computer, as part of an initiative between Vasant Vihar police and the NGO JustRozgar.com. The three-month course teaches students-mostly school dropouts, onetime child labourers and drug addicts, some of them with petty cases against them-DTP, Tally and MS-Office to equip them for an entry-level data operator's job.
Another 19 of them from the same batch have now resumed formal education, some of them opting for computer science after completing Class XII.
The cops, who launched this scheme in November last year, redoubled their efforts to include more students after the Nirbhaya gangrape incident. "We wanted to show that girls are equal to boys and aimed to induct the maximum number of women. We are finally getting a good response after the first round of placements, necessitating three classes in a day," a trainer at the Vasant Vihar police station, where the classes are held, told TOI.
"Some telecom companies have also shown keen interest in our students," said B S Jaiswal, DCP (south).
Anil Sharma, the area SHO, said 19 more students are benefiting from the initiative.
According to the NGO We the People, in charge of the project, every trained person is given the minimum monthly pay as stipulated by the government. "Some of our students have been offered Rs 11,000 as the initial salary as our course, developed in consultation with industry leaders, has been aligned with market needs. We hold classes in three shifts-from 8am to 10am, 3pm to 5pm, and finally between 5pm and 7pm. Each batch has a maximum of 15 students," says said an NGO representative.
Police say they are banking on the initiative to provide gainful employment to the youth. "This belt has been crime-prone and the only way to wean the youth off crime is by helping them to stand on their feet," said an officer.
Source:TNN
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