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Over 10 lakh unemployed youth including school dropouts will be trained by engineering colleges to make them employable in the next three years, said the HRD ministry. 

According to the officials in the HRD ministry, the unemployed youth will be imparted skill training under the scheme 'PMKVY by Technical Institutions', which comes under the larger umbrella of the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana. 

Beginning from the academic year 2016-17, the scheme aims to rope in 2,500 colleges initially to provide skills training to 100 people each and there is no age bar for candidates who will not only be trained but also be provided placement assistance and counselling

The number of colleges would be raised to 3,000 in the next academic year and to 5,000 in 2018-19. At least 10,12,500 youth should be able to acquire the skills and training which will help them gain employment, officials said

The technical institutions have to utilise their infrastructure for offering various kinds of courses during the off-college hours so that the unemployed youth who are enrolled can acquire adequate skills for certification under the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF)

Officials said that under this initiative, funds would be released covering the cost of teaching learning activities directly to the institutions by the Centre

The scheme envisages colleges and polytechnics under the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to be utilised for its implementation