Union Minister launches the Career Counselling Workshop ‘Pramarsh 2022’

What is the news?

The Union Minister of State for Culture and Parliamentary Affairs launched the career counselling workshop ‘Pramarsh 2022’ for the students of the Bikaner District region.In this workshop one lakh students participated from more than thousands schools of Bikaner district mainly from rural area.

What is Pramarsh?

Pramarsh is an online career counselling workshop conducted by the National Institute of Career Services (NICS).

Aim: To bridge the industry-academia gap and spread awareness about various choices available to students under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

What is the National Institute of Career Services (NICS)?

N​​ational Institute for Career Service (erstwhile Central Institute for Research and Training in Employment Service) was set up in 1964 under Directorate General of Employment (DGE), M/o Labour & Employment.

Aim: To be a National Centre of Excellence to provide enhanced employability through Training, Research & Capacity Building Programme in the area of Employment under National Employment Services.

Source: This post is based on the article “Union Minister launches the Career Counselling Workshop ‘Pramarsh 2022’” published in PIB on 17th Feb 2022.