National Skills Development Programme (NSDP)

Host a state-paid trainee at no stipend cost. HRDC pays them Rs 10,000 a month during the placement

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At a glance

Provider

HRDC

Type

Employment

What you get

Host a state-paid trainee at no stipend cost. HRDC pays them Rs 10,000 a month during the placement

Status

Verified

Register at nsdp.hrdc.mu to host an unemployed trainee for a 3 to 12 month classroom-plus-workplace placement. HRDC pays the trainee a monthly stipend of Rs 10,000 (raised from Rs 8,000 in Budget 2026-2027, effective from the new financial year), giving you a pre-screened, partly trained hiring pipeline at no wage cost.

NSDP gives you a way to bring in and trial new people without paying their stipend. The HRDC trains unemployed people and places them with employers, and the State, not you, pays their allowance during the placement.

What you get: a trainee for a 3 to 12 month placement that mixes classroom training and time in your business. HRDC pays the trainee a monthly stipend of Rs 10,000, raised from Rs 8,000 by Budget 2026-2027 effective from the new financial year. The portal may still show the old figure while it updates.

This is effectively a free, partly trained hiring pipeline. You invest your time mentoring, and if the trainee fits you can hire them at the end.

To take part, register your enterprise as a host at nsdp.hrdc.mu and set out the kind of placement you can offer.

Watch out for this

Watch out for the trainee profile: it is aimed at unemployed people up to Diploma level (18 and over for construction), so degree holders are generally not covered here. For graduates, look at GTES instead.