Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI: Japan is keen to hire around 50,000 skilled youths from Assam, and so is Singapore to hire nurses from the state.
Disclosing this before the media today, Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "We will sign an MoU each with Japan and Singapore for a skilled workforce and nurses during Advantage Assam 2.0. During my recent visit, I came to know that Japan is ready to absorb at least 50,000 trained youths from Assam. They will teach the interested Assam youths the Japanese language and place them in Japan or any other place where Japan has their establishments."
The Chief Minister said, "During my visit, I found 17 nurses from Assam are working in Singapore. They're happy there. Singapore wants more nurses from Assam as the country is satisfied with the services of nurses from our state. Singapore wants to teach English and their language to students doing B.Sc. Nursing courses in Assam. We will have talks on dual degree facilities for students in the universities of Japan and Assam."
In 2016, Assam and ITE Services of Singapore signed an agreement for the skill development of Assam youth, leading to the setting up of a Northeast Skill Centre in Guwahati. In 2022, ITE Services handed over the Northeast Skill Centre to the Assam Skill Development Mission.
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