Kohima: The Khadi and Village Industries Commission launched a free pottery training program in Wokha on November 10. This project falls under the Kumhar Sashaktikaran Programme of the Gramodyog Vikas Yojana for the 2025-26 fiscal year. Officials are hosting the sessions at the KVIC District Office. Forty people signed up for the course.
Instruction happens in two groups of 20 students. The first session runs from November 10 to 20. The second group starts November 23 and wraps up December 3. Organizers plan to give out pottery-making machinery to help graduates start their own businesses after they finish their sessions.
ADC Wokha, Renbomo Ezung, pushed the trainees to look for work outside of standard government jobs. He warned that unemployment remains a major issue. "He stressed that acquiring practical skills was essential for economic independence and encouraged the trainees to utilise the training to develop sustainable sources of income through self-employment."
Additional Director M.C. Sagar said the goal is to give unemployed people better ways to earn a living. DCO Sani Pongen noted that pottery is seeing a comeback and wants locals to treat it as a real career. Mhonchan Yanthan, Executive Officer of the NKVIB, told the group to show up every day and make the most of the free instruction.
Updated at 11th November 2026 at 1:47pm
Beyond basic skill building, the KVIC initiative aims to strengthen the socio-economic standing of rural communities. Organizers hope the training turns local pottery interest into a lasting engine for the local economy.
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