THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
The results of the district-level contests of India Skills Kerala 2020 competitions, held from January 15 to 20 in Government ITIs across the state, have been published.
The results of the five-day initial round of the multi-tier event, organized by the Industrial Training Department (ITD) and Kerala Academy for Skills Excellence (KASE), both under the State Labour and Skills Department, are available on the website www.indiaskillskerala.com.
Moving to the next round, zonal competitions will be held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode between January 27 and 31, which will be followed by the grand state-level finale from February 22 to 24, at Swapna Nagari, Kozhikode. The hall tickets for the contestants qualified for the zonal competitions will be available in the India Skills Kerala profile of each candidate.
The number of competitions in this edition of the event has been steeply increased from 20 to 42, throwing open the field for a greater number of youth skilled a wide range of vocational and non-vocational skills.
The winners at the state level competitions will get Rs One lakh each as prize money, and runners up Rs 50,000. All finalists will get Rs 10,000 each. The state level winners will qualify for the national competitions and the prize-winning performers at the national round will get an opportunity to represent the country at World Skills 2021 in Shanghai, China.
