At Niyukthi fair in Kozhikode, about 6,000 youngsters find jobs
The Hindu
Recruiters representing 105 prominent companies took part in fest
The Niyukthi job fest organised by the National Employment Services at the Government Engineering College in Kozhikode on Saturday drew the participation of thousands of unemployed youths from various parts of the district. Recruiters representing 105 prominent companies took part in the fest and shortlisted candidates for various vacancies.
Fest coordinators said recruitment was made to fill nearly 6,000 vacancies. The majority of the recruiters were in search of candidates trained in professional marketing. There were 20 IT companies and 20 automobile companies that absorbed a large number of qualified candidates for various positions.
Opening the fest, Minister for Public Works and Tourism P.A. Mohammed Riyas said the State government was continuing with its efforts to convert employment exchanges into electronic exchanges to create more job opportunities. He said many prominent employers on digital platforms had agreed to sign memoranda of understanding with the Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council to support job seekers. According to Mr. Riyas, start-up initiatives supported by the State government had generated employment for 35,000 educated youths in Kerala.
Several principals of government and private schools in Delhi on Tuesday said the Directorate of Education (DoE) circular from a day earlier, directing schools to conduct classes in ‘hybrid’ mode, had caused confusion regarding day-to-day operations as they did not know how many students would return to school from Wednesday and how would teachers instruct in two modes — online and in person — at once. The DoE circular on Monday had also stated that the option to “exercise online mode of education, wherever available, shall vest with the students and their guardians”. Several schoolteachers also expressed confusion regarding the DoE order. A government schoolteacher said he was unsure of how to cope with the resumption of physical classes, given that the order directing government offices to ensure that 50% of the employees work from home is still in place. On Monday, the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) had, on the orders of the Supreme Court, directed schools in Delhi-NCR to shift classes to the hybrid mode, following which the DoE had issued the circular. The court had urged the Centre’s pollution watchdog to consider restarting physical classes due to many students missing out on the mid-day meals and lacking the necessary means to attend classes online. The CAQM had, on November 20, asked schools in Delhi-NCR to shift to the online mode of teaching.