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- Union Minister of state for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) Raj Kumar Singh has laid the foundation stone for the Indian Institute of Skills (IIS) at Mumbai.
- Objective: To provide skill training in highly-specialised areas to students who want to pursue technical education after completing Class X and XII.
- IIS seeks to ensure that 5,000 trainees will be passing out every year with 70% placement opportunities.
- IIS will be on the lines of the IITs and IIMs.
- Initially 3 IIS will be set up - Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Kanpur.
- The launch of IIS is a step towards making India the Skill Capital of the World.
- These institutes will be set up and operated on a Public-Private Partnership Model - Tata Education Development Trust is the private partner for IIS, Mumbai.
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