The government of India has decided to revamp the image of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), the not-so-rich extended family of Indian engineering colleges and polytechnics to make them a national brand. The idea is to rate these institutes the way B-schools are rated so that they can be classified into different tiers.
This measure is expected to help students seeking admissions in ITIs to opt and decide their preferred institute. The ITIs have welcomed this idea as the institutes are also working towards improving their image and become more competitive after the decision of government to improve the ITIs by implementing public private partnership (PPP) model in its 11th 5 year plan.
The president & CEO of Vocational Training, CL Educate, branch of Career Launcher claimed that after grading the ITIs, the next focus should be on upgrading the educational standards and quality of faculty members as well as launch new courses. There are 21 ITIs under CL Educate- 15 based in Punjab and 6 based in Karnataka, which have witnessed 100% pass rate in the past years.
Presently, there are 9415 ITIs of which 2244 are government owned and 7171 are private ITIs. The ITIs have a total number of 13.29 lakh seats. Course duration ranges from 6 months to 3 years and minimum qualification required for admissions is from class VIII to Class XII. Since last 6 years, 400 governments owned ITIs have been established with the support of World Bank and 100 through funding in India.
PPP model implies that industry partner will direct the process of improvement of the ITIs. A committee known as Institute Management Committee (IMC) will be formed and listed as a society. This society will then design the ITIs development proposal. The industry partner will offer on-the-job training to trainees and training programs to faculties. Moreover, it will extend financial support and contribute equipments for training. In addition, IMC will receive an interest free loan of upto Rs 2.5 crore from the Central government, which will then distributed to ITIs.
The PPP model imparts financial and academic independence to the IMC. The PPP model will also allow IMC to develop modern infrastructure and promote ITI trades. Presently, ITIs have 7 trades which have increased the demand from domestic candidates.
Both central government and state government will manage vocational training. Central government will look after devising training benchmarks, certifications and preparing syllabus while state governments will implement the training methods. Hence, each state will get to decide their own fee structure which lies between Rs 500 and Rs 3000 for a year.
Currently, the ITIs are also investing on building an improved infrastructure to give them a corporate look so that companies get attracted and start visiting the campus for recruitments. The ITIs have also started hosting entrepreneurship lectures for their students.
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