To ensure quality technical education in the Government-run Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and polytechnic colleges, Skill Development and Technical Education Secretary laxmi Narayan Gupta has entrusted 30 senior officers the job of visiting such institutes regularly to sort out various problems being faced by them.
While Gupta is continuously visiting district offices to oversee performances of the ITIs and polytechnic colleges, Technical Education Director Balwant Singh is supervising implementation of 10-point plans set for achieving excellence.
Each officer is assigned two to three ITIs and a polytechnic college for overall supervision and they have already started doing the job, said a senior officer of the department.
This endeavour will help the ITI and polytechnic managements to pose place their problems and get them sorted out in a time-bound manner, he said.
Apart from this, the department has decided to converge all skill development schemes of the Centre and the State on the pattern of National Skill Development Mission (NSDM).
Gupta has written to Secretaries of various departments to implement skill development programmes as the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has notified common norms to bring uniformity and standardisation in implementation of the schemes.
These norms will provide for harmonization of the training cost, assessment, certification and outcome of training in terms of placements achieved, said an official.
Odisha State Employment Mission (OSEM) Director G Rajesh is coordinating these efforts for which a core committee and and working groups have been formed.
Chief Secretary AP Padhi would be reviewing adoption of the common norms and alignment of skill courses, according to the officer.