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State Level Guru Ghasidas Folk Festival and Jayanti
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- On December 31, 2021, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh made several announcements including granting Municipality status to Nagar Panchayat Nawagarh in the closing ceremony of Guru Ghasidas Lok Mahotsav and Jayanti celebrations and Open Panthi dance competition.
Key Points
- The Chief Minister sanctioned one crore rupees for upgradation of Nawagarh Hospital into 50 bedded hospital, police post at Sambalpur and Jaitakham of Nawagarh.
- The Chief Minister said that Baba Guru Ghasidas has tried to remove the darkness of the society by following the path of truth. Guru Baba incarnated in the land of Chhattisgarh and conveyed his message to the people in Chhattisgarhi dialect. By giving the message of equality, social harmony, Baba worked to unite human society in one thread.
- Baba gave the motto 'Mankhe-Mankhe' is equal, that is, there is no discrimination between human beings, all are equal. Apart from this, he has given the message of Truth is God and God is Truth.
- In the function, the Chief Minister distributed prizes to the winning Panthi team of the Open Panthi Dance Competition. First prize one lakh 51 thousand, second prize one lakh one thousand rupees, third prize 75 thousand rupees and the Panthi dance teams participating in the competition were given consolation prize of rupees 3100.
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Skill Hub Initiative Program
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- On 31 December 2021, the Ministry of Human Resource Education of the Central Government announced the launch of Skill Hub Initiative program in 18 schools of Chhattisgarh as a pilot project to connect school dropouts and youth to employment education. This program will start from the new year.
Key Points
- This program will start in the first phase in 18 schools of Chhattisgarh state. Under the programme, short term certification courses will be conducted to provide vocational education to out-of-school children, students and skill training after school hours and on weekends.
- For this new initiative being started for employment education and skill upgradation, school dropouts and youth will be given training in various job oriented tasks.
- People in the age group of 15 to 29 years will be selected for the training. In this regard, necessary guidelines have been given to all the district collectors for the preparation of the programme.
- Arrangements will be made in selected schools to provide training to the children in various employment related tasks. Interdepartmental cooperation will also be taken in this work.
- The District Education Officer and the nominated officers attached to the Education Department will monitor the training. Vocational trainers posted in the school will make training and other arrangements.
- The trainees who take the training after the training will also be linked with employment. Along with this, skill certificates and academic credit will be obtained through skilling, re-skilling, upskilling courses.
- Schools affiliated to the Skill Hub Initiative will be registered on the Skill India portal. In the pilot phase of this program limited duration training will be conducted.
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National Quality Assurance Certificate
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- On December 31, 2021, 7 government hospitals in Chhattisgarh were awarded National Quality Assurance Standard (NQAS) certificate by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for providing excellent healthcare and providing better treatment to patients.
Key Points
- Along with this, Kondagaon district hospital has been given LaQshya Certification for excellent facilities of delivery room and maternity operation theater and for good care of the maternity and pregnant women.
- The Union Health Ministry has awarded quality certificates to two district hospitals, two primary health centers and three urban primary health centers in the state.
- National Quality Assurance Standard Certificate has been awarded to Mungeli District Hospital and Narayanpur District Hospital by the Government of India.
- On the other hand, Katgi in Balodabazar-Bhatapara district and Kopra Primary Health Center in Gariaband have got the National Quality Assurance Standard Certificate.
- Rajatalab and Hirapur Urban Primary Health Center in Raipur and Nawapara Urban Primary Health Center in Surguja district have also been awarded with National Quality Assurance Standard Certificate.
- The hospital's services and satisfaction level are tested on several parameters by a team of experts before awarding the National Quality Assurance Standard Certificate and Lakshya Certificate. Only hospitals that meet these stringent standards are issued quality certificates by the Union Health Ministry.
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