thiruvananthapuram kerala is a model in local self governance for the country said lsg minister ac moitheen at the inauguration of one day workshop organised by asap additional skill acquisition programme here on saturday the workshop was held on tieup between department of higher education and local self government department kerala is one state which succesfully spends rs 7500 crores every year with the association of higher education department and lsg engineering polytechnic and graduation students will get opportunities for internship and apprenticeship said a c moitheen minister for higher education k t jaleel said that a special online portal has been facilitated for job and internship purposes for students from graduation level local self government department will team up with department of higher education as part of facilitating collaboration between engineering colleges and local bodies in engineering projects local bodies can make use of technical expertise through internship project work consultancy and engineering start up