<span style="color: #222222;">In Jammu and Kashmir, the J&K Skill Development Mission today celebrated World Youth Skills Day that was aimed to achieve better socio-economic conditions for today's youth as a means of addressing the challenges of unemployment and under employment.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> The importance of developing skilled youth was at the core of this year's message for World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) focused on the theme 'Skills for a Resilient Youth'. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Keeping in view the current situation due to COVID-19 pandemic, J&K Skill Development Mission (JKSDM) organised webinars on various topics related to skill development and entrepreneurship to observe this year's WYSD. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Principal Secretary, School Education & Skill Development, Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon presided over the inaugural session of the webinar. While inaugurating the program, Dr. Samoon said that this day is observed to highlight the importance of acquiring new skills. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Underlining the importance of creating value chain and human capital development, Executive Director, World Trade Centre, India Ms. Khair Ull Nissa Shah said that we have to align the local skill courses with the national and international standards so that our trained youth can compete for the jobs available in the competitive job market.</span><br />''