porvorim with the state government keen to roll out an egovernance platform for major departments the department of information and technology wants to ensure that all government employees are techsavvy and capable of using the platform minister for information and technology rohan khaunte on thursday said that specific shortterm it courses will be identified and government employees in margao and panaji may have to enroll for them based on their responsibilitiesas technology changes our people have to be skilled too khaunte said while speaking at a government function at the goa assembly complex that is why from next month we are going to start digital skill programmes through the it department not only for our youth but with a focused approach towards government staff who interact with peoplethough the minister did not specify if all government employees will be sent for skill upgradation courses he did mention the revenue department labour department agriculture department and tourism department based on what khaunte spoke it appears that the courses will be targeted at existing government employees who use computerskhaunte said that without improving the skills of the government employees the egovernance platform and the implementation of the goa right of citizens to timebound delivery of public services act would not succeed he also announced that goa electronics limited had been asked to develop upgrade and maintain all state government websites