WORLD YOUTH SKILLS DAY

July 15, 2019

The fourth anniversary of the Skill India Mission is being observed on July 15, 2019 o the occassion of World Youth Skills Day.

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The United Nations, at its General Assembly in November 2014, declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day.
Traditionally organized by the Permanent Missions of Portugal and Sri Lanka, together with UNESCO, ILO and the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, this year the UN’s observance of the WYSD will shed light on the “mechanisms needed to operationalize lifelong learning”.

Source : All India Radio

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