Bhopal's ITI would be developed to international standards announced Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here on Thursday.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Bhopal's ITI (Industrial Training Institute) will be developed to international standards. Besides, Divisional ITIs will be upgraded to Centres of Excellence. He directed to conduct area-specific trades in ITIs and skill development centres to ensure employment to trainees.
Expressing happiness over works done in skill development sector, the Chief Minister congratulated the department. He directed that Bhopal's ITI will be developed on global level. For this, assistance should be sought from Singapore so that the ITI can become an example of skill development in the country. He also directed to pay attention and constantly monitor training.
Besides, divisional ITIs will be upgraded into centres of excellence. Chouhan directed to conduct area-specific trades in ITIs and skill development centres to ensure employment to trainees.
The Chief Minister was reviewing activities of the Technical Education and Skill Development Department at Mantralaya here on Wednesday, an official statement said.
Technical Education Minister Umashankar Gupta, Chief Secretary Anthony de Sa, Principal Secretary Technical Education Sanjay Singh and other departmental officers attended the meeting.
Chouhan said an action plan should be chalked out for infrastructure development in government colleges at Rewa, Ujjain, Jabalpur and Sagar. In view of students' inconveniences, original documents of students will not remain in private engineering colleges. Instead, documents will be deposited in government colleges and returned directly to students after six months.
The meeting was informed that there is a scheme to open 52 new ITIs and 102 skill development centres in the state during the next year. Every year, training would be imparted to 50, 000 youths including 25,000 females.