Do you havedomestic workers in your house? How trained are they? Yes, domestic workersalso need to be trained in order to make your house organized.
There are20lakhs domestic workers in the country and in Assam the number of domesticworkers which includes both male and female is 3.5 lakhs.
Although thereare lakhs of domestic workers, most of the time allegations pour in from theowners that they are not satisfied with their works or rather their behavior isnot good. And to bring these problems to an end, Assam Skill DevelopmentMission in association with National Skill Development Corporation hasorganized 'Domestic Workers Skill Conclave-Chapter Northeast' to train the domesticworkers how to deal with the day-to-day household works.
Speaking aboutthe programme undertaken by National Skill Development Corporation, Minister ofSkill, Employment & Entrepreneurship, Chandra Mohan Patowary said that NSDChave taken a programme to train the domestic workers and will also provide acertificate which will help them to gain respect in workplace and will also getthe desired amount.
Patowaryalso said that the Cabinet of Assam Government has also approved a bill ofdomestic workers and this bill will be passed in the next Assembly session. "Thisbill will help the workers who work in and outside the state with safety andsecurity. A large number of people go out for work outside and according to thebill, the placement agency will have to provide all kinds of details like theirsalary, safety and security, where are they working etc."
CEO of NSDC,Amod K Kant said that the training has been imparted to the people for childcare, elderly care, housekeeping, cooking etc. "The domestic workers do not getrespect and also they don't get the desired amount. But through this trainingthey will get all the benefits," said Kant.
