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In a first of its kind approach, Healthcare Sector Skill Council (HSSC) recently organized a convocation ceremony of Skilled Healthcare Professionals at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The event was held to award graduation certificates to more than 100 candidates under the Covid Frontline Workers courses.



The Covid Frontline Workers (CFW) courses were launched by the Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, given the significance of these job roles in the nation's fight against Covid 19. The new job roles included in the project were Covid Frontline worker (Basic Care Support), Covid Frontline worker (Sample Collection Support), COVID Frontline Worker (Emergency Care Support) and COVID Frontline Worker (Advanced Care Support).



Present on the occasion was Shri Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, as the chief guest who addressed the gathering and the aspirants with an emphasis on skill certification along with school education. He guided the audience to be focused on their areas of interest and grow with confidence in life. He awarded certificates to more than 100 graduating candidates at the event.



Sharing his thoughts about the importance of such skill certification courses, Mr Ashish Jain, CEO, Healthcare Sector Skill Council said "It is the need of the hour to strengthen the healthcare system of our country by creating a pool of trained manpower. This requirement of trained and skilled workforce became important during the pandemic which resulted into development of Covid Frontline Workers job roles by HSSC."



More than 500 candidates were trained by the training partners at Valeur Fabtex Pvt Ltd, Max Healthcare Institute, and Wipro GE Healthcare Pvt Ltd. Assessment and certification were taken care of by the Healthcare Sector Skill Council under the Skill India campaign. Majority of these candidates were placed successfully and the others were in the process of being facilitated for employment opportunities. This was done under a CSR project awarded by SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd.



Ms Seema Kapahi, Chief People Officer, SBIC Cards shared her views on how they have been providing financial support for the project after understanding the need of skilled youth for the development of India.