Tejas or Training in Emirate Jobs & Skills

Subject – Governance

Context – Eye on Gulf job market, Govt to launch upskill project for overseas workers

Concept –

In a bid to keep Indian workers relevant in the job market of Gulf nations, the government is launching a programme to upskill and re-skill overseas workers to cope with requirements in the post-pandemic scene.
Under the new programme — dubbed Tejas, or Training in Emirate Jobs & Skills — the government has partnered with leading employers in the UAE to “train, certify and place 10,000 Indian workers in a year”and “100,000 across the GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council] region over the next five years”.
The government has also decided to extend the programme for those who have returned to India during the pandemic, thus giving them an opportunity to return to their employers with new skills.
The programme, to be converged with existing skill development programmes of the Centre and state governments, will leverage the training infrastructures of the National Skill Development Corporation, ITIs, Indian Institutes of Science, and private and public skill training institutions.
The Tejas project extends across blue-collar jobs, including electricians, plumbers, multi-skilled technicians, welders, food and beverage service operators, cooks, car/bike riders and the mid-level workforce, which includes IT, finance and healthcare professionals.
The project aims to create a bridge courses in close collaboration with Sector Skill Councils in India and employers in GCC countries.

GCC

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a political and economic alliance of six countries in the Arabian Peninsula: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Established in 1981, the GCC promotes economic, security, cultural and social cooperation between the six states and holds a summit every year to discuss cooperation and regional affairs.
The Secretariat is located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
It is a political, economic, social, and regional organisation according to its charter.