Stipends for apprentices up 2.8% in 2020, to rise more than 3% this year

NEW DELHI: A TeamLease report that covers around 1.5 lakh apprentices in close to 300 companies found that average stipends went up by 2.8% between 2019 and 2020, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.The report, which covered 12 cities and 18 sectors, also said stipends would rise upwards of 3% this year.The data from the 'Stipend Primer - Post-Pandemic Special' report of TeamLease Skills University’s National Employability Through Apprenticeship