The Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TGSWREIS) will launch a free skills development training programme for all its students 2025-26 academic year onwards.
Collaborating with Bengaluru-based Unnathi Foundation, the aim is to equip Gurukul students with skills to make them employable, said Secretary Alagu Varshini on Tuesday.
Addressing the press, Ms. Varshini explained that the students in the age bracket of 18-25, including Gurukul’s alumni, will be eligible to attend. With a combination of offline and online training modules, 200-hour training and 70-hour application-based practise sessions will be achieved. The programme will formally be launched in the Gurkuls on June 3.
“In addition, we will be starting 15 new vocational courses this academic year onwards. The target is to train 36,000 students as employees,” she emphasised.
The TGSWREIS is also collaborating with French Institute of India- Embassy of France in India for certifciate courses for teachers and students of Gurukuls.
Starting with A1 grade and progressing to B and C, a student could become proficient. The programme would also start in June.
Ms. Varshini informed that a total of 1,69,171 applications for 57,523 admission seats were received this year. In two rounds of counselling, 55,504 seats have been filled and the remaining 2,019 seats will be vacant for the special category. The final round of counselling will be held on May 20.
Published – May 13, 2025 09:35 pm IST
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