The demand for service workers, particularly in the nursing and housekeeping fields, has surged in several countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. As an effort to revive employment opportunities abroad, the Overseas Manpower Corporation Limited (OMCL), a State government undertaking, has tied up with nursing colleges to train final year students.
The Corporation, which is engaged in promoting employment for overseas job seekers in various countries, has been receiving requests from Germany and England for nurses apart from West Asian countries.
As the Occupation English Test (OET) is one of the requisites for overseas jobs in some countries, the OMCL will soon train nearly 300 nursing students from six nursing colleges in various districts. The State government has provided a funding of ₹87 lakh towards the programme to be taken up along with the Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation.
