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In  the  quest  to  revamp  and  reinvigorate  India’s  ITI ecosystem, Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) has recently given a new entity to the ITIs, which is in line with his plans of modernisation and up-gradation of these institutes. This was announced at the recently held India Skills Competition 2016 in New Delhi, which was the nation’s biggest skill based competition.

•   A new logo for ITIs

•   MoUs with ISRO and NIOS signed for ITI up-gradation

• In Delhi, the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Pusa won the award for the best institute in the State and ShriLok Pal, Principal, ITI -  Pusa, won the award for the best principal

“India will see a paradigm shift in the way ITIs have been functioning in the country till now. For the first time in 67 years, we have designed and unveiled a logo for the ITIs. There was no logo so far. We are ensuring that our industrial institutes turn into world  class  centre  of  excellence  for  skill  training  with  global  best  practices,”  he further added.

“We are adding new ITIs, up-grading the existing ones, standardising them; and at the same we are empowering them with the best of technology solutions so that they become state of the art institutes for skill training, for our youth. Over the next one year, the capacity of ITIs will further enhanced from 18.5 lakhs to 25 lakhs and over 5000 new ITIs will be opened." he said. Industrial Training Institutes play a vital role in in upscaling the economy of the country especially in terms of providing skilled manpower and have been in service to the nation in terms of providing training since 1956.

An MoU has been signed between MSDE and Indian Space Research Organisation on a national-wide space-based distance-learning  program. This partnership is will cover 2300 ITIs and 31 Advance Training Institutes across the country in the first phase of implementation and will help scale up skill training initiatives at a rapid rate.

The anniversary of Skill India also witnessed“Respect for Skills” in the true sense of the word when for the first time in the history of India, a felicitation ceremony was held recognising  the best ITI and also underscoring  the contribution  of the best principal and the best Instructor from different States.

Industrial Training Institutes of 19 States were awarded on basis of best placements given to their students.

“This is to bring in a healthy competitive spirit across the ITIs in the country so that they compete to become the best. This would be an annual ceremony and we hope both government and private ITIs participate in it to showcase their best practices and  the  quality  education  they  impart.  We  will  soon  be  doing  a convocation ceremony of the ITI students once this batch gets completed and finished exams,” Shri Rudy added.

State wise List of nominated Principal instructor and ITI for felicitation on the occasion of the “World Youth Skills Day” 15th– 17th July 2016

could soon be equivalent to Class 12

2.   AICTE has permitted to run ITI courses in 500 polytechnics across the country

3.   ITI up-gradation in North East

4.   1409 Women ITIs existing

5.   Flexi MoUs will be allowed to industries to take advantage of various schemes under DGT,  for  conducting   training   programmes   in  high  potential   areas  along  with assurance of minimum

6.   As many as 1500 new ITIs have been established, evenly spread across the length and  the  breadth  of  the country,  specializing  in  imparting  industry-oriented  skills. Model  Skill  Development  Centres  (MSDCs)  in 27  sectors  are  also being  set  up. These will be entrusted with research and development activities in specific sectors, and to deal with all elements of skill development and employability.

7.   Quality Control of India (QCI) has been introduced in the accreditation mechanism of ITIs  and  SDCs.  QCI  ensures  that  adequate  training  infrastructure,   as  per  set standards, is available before recommending the Government’s affiliation to an ITI.

8.   Efforts have been initiated to provide online learning material to both trainees and trainers. Special emphasis has been given on the training of trainers and assessors. Central field institutes of the MSDE have been entrusted with the job of expanding and delivering as per demand.

9.   As  of  31  March,  2016,  over  1661  qualifications  from  both  the  NSDC  and  ITI ecosystems  have  been already  been  aligned  to  NSQF.  By  December  2016,  all government skill training programmes will be NSQF aligned.