Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship officials will visit ‘Aspirational Districts’ between October 2 and January 26, 2019 in a bid to understand and address the challenges faced by them in implementing skill programmes.

An official statement said in New Delhi today that the visit will begin with a meeting with Districts Collector and other state level officers implementing the programmes.The team will also have interactions with Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras, training providers, ITIs, Polytechnics and JSS administrations.

The Centre had launched the Aspirational Districts Programme to effectively transform the identified districts through convergence of Central and state schemes, collaborations among officers and creating competition among districts.