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34 New Govt. School Buildings Inaugurated by the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan
We are also improving the hostel Mannanthala and Kozhinjampara. in the State. We have developed
facilities for ST students. Three an integrated plan to address this
new pre-matric hostels have been Our vision is not just to educate the and it is being implemented to
set up at Sholayur, Irumbpaalam marginalised sections but to aid create new jobs. 50,000 jobs were
and Anavai. The post-metric them in finding jobs as well. We announced earlier in the non-
hostel for girls is being built in have also provided employment agricultural sector as part of the
Agali. The hostel at Sholayur for 19,000 educated people in 100 days 100 projects. A detailed
can accommodate 60 boys, the these categories. 1,140 persons document has been prepared on
Irumbupalam 100 girls and Anavi were imparted skill development the areas in which these agencies
100 children. A three-storey training in the construction sector. are at the forefront of employment.
building with state-of-the-art Construction work in government Now, we have revised the target to
facilities has been constructed at departments would be handed 95,000 jobs out of which at least
Sholayur and Irumbpaalam. Anavi over to them. 3,170 people were 50,000 jobs are guaranteed to be
has a new two-story building. trained in other occupations. The created by December.
A state-of-the-art three-storey government has also been able
building is being constructed at to provide employment to 2,500 Through the government and
Agali at a cost of Rs 4.74 crores. people under various schemes. 100 quasi-government public sector
These will also have facilities to persons belonging to Scheduled undertakings we will provide
raise the academic standards of the Tribes were given employment employment to 18,600 personnel.
students. through special recruitment. This includes permanent,
Another 125 would be appointed temporary and contract
The government was considering soon. appointments. 425 posts will
starting new post-matric hostels On the employment front although be created in higher secondary
for girls in Thiruvananthapuram there is a general sense of gloom schools, 700 posts in aided colleges
and Kozhikode. After this due to the pandemic which has and 300 temporary posts as part of
government came to power, new created alarming unemployment the new courses. Appointments to
hostels were started in Aluva, 6,911 posts in aided schools
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