Samsung partners NSDC to train 50,000 youth for electronics retail sector

Samsung India has collaborated with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) as part of a CSR project to train 50,000 young people for jobs in the electronics retail sector over the next few years. According to a release, Samsung DOST (Digital and Offline Skills Training), the world's largest smartphone and consumer electronics company, will carry out the training programme using NSDC's national skills training centres.

The initiative, for which Samsung has inked a memorandum of understanding with NSDC, would train school graduates at 120 locations throughout India with paid on-the-job training at Samsung retail shops.

It stated that "Samsung DOST would be the largest skills training programme in the electronics business."

It will begin a pilot programme with 2,500 participants in the first phase of the programme.

"The Samsung DOST programme is linked with the Government of India's Skill India mission and is an expression of our goal of #PoweringDigitalIndia that strives to empower the next generation of young India," stated Mr. Ken Kang, President and CEO of Samsung Southwest Asia.

Mr. Kang went on to say that the new initiative aims to bridge the skills and employability gap among the country's young by assisting them in finding jobs in the fast-growing electronics retail industry.

The Samsung DOST curriculum would include a mix of classroom and online instruction totaling 200 hours. Following that, employees will get five months of on-the-job training at Samsung retail locations, as well as a monthly stipend that meets industry norms.

"This will assist the young in acquiring new competences and abilities required for jobs in India's rapidly developing electronics retail sector," the statement continued.

The participants will be trained at NSDC-accredited and recognised training centres.

The training will follow the National Skill Qualification Framework, which is tailored to the demands of the sector.

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