NEDFi inks MoU with Tribal Welfare department of Tripura.

The Tribal Welfare department of Government of Tripura has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Northeastern Development Finance Corporation Limited (NEDFi) under the Advancing North East project for career mentoring of students of schools run by the department for career mentoring of school students.

The Advancing North East project is a joined initiative of North Eastern Council, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and NEDFi for mentoring of the youths of North East in terms of Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship.

The MoU was signed by Dr. Vishal Kumar, Director, Tribal Welfare Department, and Shri S K Baruah, Executive Director, NEDFi at a ceremony organized at office of the Directorate of Tribal Welfare at Gurkhabasti in Agartala.

30 teachers from the schools run by the Department will be trained under the Advancing North East Project as Career Mentors who will guide the students through systematic approach.

The initiative will ensure availability of in-house support in the schools in terms of career mentoring.

Advancing North East will act as resource centre for them.

Within 6 months, the students will get opportunity to connect to the career ecosystem through career talks with various experts, entrance exam talks with toppers, entrepreneurship mindset development sessions vis-à-vis exposure to premier national level institutions such as Indian Institute of Technology, Indian Institutes of Managements, etc.

Dr. Vishal Kumar stated that the 30 teachers nominated by the Department will act as master trainer in Department’s effort to empower the students with informed career decision making. The project in its first phase is expected to impact approximately 2500 students studying in the schools run by the department.

The Department of Tribal Welfare is the Nodal Department for the overall policy planning and co-ordination of programmes for development of Scheduled Tribes.

The social composition of the population of Tripura is diverse. Around one-third of the population belongs to the Scheduled Tribes. According to 2011 census, the state's population is 36.74 lakh, with a density of 350 persons per sq. km.

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