Nai Manzil
Education, training,job placement
Education and training
Ministry of Minority Affairs
The Scheme aims to benefit the minority youth who do not have formal school leaving certificate, i.e those in the category of school- dropouts or educated in community education institutions like Madarsas. The Scheme provides them formal education and skills; and enables them to seek better employment and livelihood in the organised sector.
(i) Provide support to eligible Minority Youth to enrol in open schooling and undertake training and assessment as per applicable guidelines;
(ii) Provide additional education support/bridge program designed to help students obtain open schooling certification;
(iii) Impart high quality skills training including soft skills leading to productive employment; and
(iv) Provide postplacement support to assist sustainable employment for those students who enter the labour market
The trainee should belong to Minority community as notified under National Commission for Minorities Ø Act 1992 (viz. Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Parsis) In the States/UTs where some other minority communities notified by respective State/UT Governments exist, they may also be considered eligible for the Ø programme but they should not occupy more than 5% of the total seats. Ø The trainee should be between 17-35 years of age. Certain particular pockets of concentration of minority population within a nonØ minority district or city are also eligible for the consideration. The trainees should belong to Below Poverty Line (BPL) population both from Ø urban and rural areas. 30% of the beneficiary seats are earmarked for girl / women candidates and 5% of the beneficiary seats for persons with disability belonging to the minority community under the Scheme. To promote inter-community solidarity, 15% candidates belonging to BPL families of non-minority communities can also be Ø considered. In case reserved categories as prescribed under this scheme remain vacant, these vacant seats may be treated as unreserved.
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11th Floor, Pandit Deendayal Antyodaya Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
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