Imnatiba, MLA & Advisor, Industries & Commerce and Labour & Employment, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Nagaland formally inaugurated the Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Longleng in Pongo village on 9 January.
According to a DIPR report, the advisor inaugurated the institute in the presence of Minister for Health & Family Welfare, S Pangnyu Phom and Deputy Commissioner, Longleng, Dharam Raj, IAS.
Addressing the gathering, Imnatiba said since the upgradation of Longleng as district headquarters in the year 2004, the district has been witnessing tremendous changes gradually in all round development activities for the Phom community and the people of Longleng.
Briefing on the importance of ITIs, he said the institution provides skills, training and certificates that allow people to qualify for government jobs or to set up their own business for self-sufficiency.
Imnatiba said there was a time in the past when government jobs were provided based on certificates without quality education and skill development. However, in the present context, the world has changed so much that without quality skill and technical knowledge, one cannot be qualified for a job both in the public and private sectors. The advisor also informed that unlike in the past, an MLA or a minister cannot provide jobs based on certificates without any skill development.
Imnatiba appealed to the leaders to provide awareness on the importance of the ITI so that the students are well aware of the present scenario and will develop their skills with dedication during their training period.
He advised the people not to depend on government schemes and salaries alone but to take up potential businesses by utilising the natural resources and fertile land for sustainable living and to boost their economy. Informing that business and trades connect people, he exhorted the people to explore the already available God given potential resources which are organic in nature to uplift the social economic condition of the people.
The host, S Pangnyu Phom, in his speech clarified that the ITI established under Pongo jurisdiction is meant for the entire people of Longleng and that Pongo village is the guardian of the institution. Phom, therefore, urged the Pongo Village Council and the landowners to take the ownership with full responsibility of the ITI for the entire Phom community.
Pangnyu informed that the ITI would provide training skills along with certificates for job opportunities and that dropouts and poor students who cannot go outside for further studies would be given the privilege to build their career.
He appealed to the gathering to avail the opportunity provided by the government wisely for the progress of the people without any hindrance to any development activities taking place in the district.
Deputy Commissioner, Longleng, Dharam Raj, IAS, in his short speech asserted that Nagas have inborn talent and skills, and if given the opportunity to train properly in the technical skills would get more job opportunities, especially the unemployed youth.
Enumerating on various streams and trades which the ITI can provide to create job vacancies, the DC urged the department to focus more on additional training along with the traditional training to boost the service sector in the state.
