The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) and South Korean electronics major Samsung on Monday announced a partnership to set up technical schools across the country.

To begin with, 10 such schools will be set up in Delhi, Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Mumbai and Varanasi, according to the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in the Capital on Monday.

Industry training

Speaking on the occasion, MSME Minister Kalraj Mishra hoped this joint initiative of the Ministry and Samsung will be able to train approximately 10,000 youth a year, who will then have the opportunity to find jobs with various appliances manufacturers , including Samsung.

The MSME-Samsung Technical Schools will run Samsung’s advanced repair and industrial skills enhancement (A.R.I.S.E.2) programme.

Hands-on experience

This will provide students trade-specific training on various aspects of repair and troubleshooting for consumer electronics products, such as mobile phones, televisions, home theatres, home appliances and their related accessories, an MSME Ministry release said.

Students will also get real-time work experience at Samsung-authorised service centres, as also a chance to learn soft skills.

“The fee structure is ₹20,000 per course of three months duration. If the student cannot pay, we will arrange for a bank loan,” said Amarendra Sinha, Additional Secretary & Development Commissioner of MSME.

BD Park, President & CEO South West Asia, Samsung Electronics, said: “We are confident that through the Samsung A.R.I.S.E.2 programme, students will get hands-on experience that will make them an asset to the industry.”

Samsung has already established one such lab at the ITI in Dheerpur, Delhi, in collaboration with the Directorate of Training and Technical Education, Government of NCT and plans to establish more such labs across India.

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