Flight too fancy: Tribals say no to being airhostesses

In spite of the debacle that UPA-1’s ambitious tribal empowerment scheme of training tribals for working in the aviation sector turned into in Maharashtra — only three out of 100 trainees got placed with airlines — the State government has decided to pull the scheme out of cold storage.

Only, this time around tribal organisations are clear on their decision to not avail of the opportunity.
Tribal leaders who met Governor K Shankarnarayanan two days ago requested him that instead of reviving the aviation and hospitality sector training for tribal boys and girls, the State government should immediately implement a government resolution (GR) passed in 2011 that focuses on providing better facilities to those living in tribal hostels.
Ravindra Talpe, secretary, Natural Resources Conservators Organization (NACO) and Sitaram Joshi, president, Adivasi Samaj Kruti Samiti who met Shankarnaryanan said training for more ‘practical’ careers like clerks and officers would be welcome.
28/08/12 Devidas Deshpande/Pune Mirror