Shillong: The Meghalaya Education Department, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSEIL) on Thursday.
The MoU was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, Education Minister Rakkam A Sangma, Chief Secretary D P Wahlang, Commissioner & Secretary Vijay Kumar Mantri and other officers of the Education Department.
The agreement was signed with the objective of imparting financial literacy, investor awareness in securities market and other training programs across the state.
This is in line with generating employment opportunities for rural and urban youth in the banking, financial services and insurance sector (BFSI), which will empower and provide a platform for skill development to the youth of the state.
The program aims to equip the beneficiaries with such essential knowledge, awareness and skills around financial literacy, capital markets, mutual funds, insurance sector, etc., by providing training as may be facilitated by NSEIL to provide a platform for the beneficiaries to enhance their skill set and in turn enable them to obtain such opportunities for the purposes of their employability in the BFSI sector.
All successful beneficiaries will be awarded with a certificate upon successful completion of the course/ program as envisaged by the NSEIL.
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The MoU was signed by the Director of Higher and Technical Education and the Chief Business Development Officer of the National Stock Exchange of India Limited.