Chief Minister of State-2, Lalbabu Raut, and Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Affair, Rameshwor Ray Yadav, jointly inaugurated the ‘Girls in Tech’ project in State-2 today.

The project was launched under the Skill for Employment Programme assisted by the UKAid. It has aimed at educating and empowering girls in order to end gender discrimination.

Under the project, leadership training would be provided to the girls for boosting their confidence and competitiveness. The girls being graduated would be the first beneficiaries of the project.

Moreover, it helps to create environment for skilled human resources to get jobs in the companies. A total of 100 students from poor family would be provided the scholarships.

At the programme in this regard, Chief Minister Raut said the State-2 government had a policy to make the State a hub of technical education by producing required human resources.

He expressed the view that the project would be useful to materialize the campaign of prosperous State.