To cater to the needs of plastic industries through manpower training, processing and developmental services, the Union Ministry for Chemicals and Fertilisers will set up more Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) in the country. Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Anant Kumar on Tuesday said that the number of CIPET centres would be increased from existing 23 to 100 during the tenure of present Government. Also, the name of Plastic Waste Management courses would be changed to Swachchh Bharat Course.
Kumar, while addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone of hostels at CIPET, Murthal in Sonepat said that one more centre of CIPET would be allotted to Haryana. He said that arrangements of national level technical education would also be made in Haryana in near future. Soon, the CIPET centre at Murthal would be upgraded into college where students could get degrees of B.tech, M.tech and doctorate. A skill development centre would also be set up in the campus where about 5,000 students could hone their skills, he added.
The Union Minister added that students would not have to go to Delhi, Mumbai, Gurgaon or Noida for technical higher education, but there would be institutions in every state where they could get it. The hostels for girls and boys at CIPET would be completed within time period of one-and-half-year at an estimated cost of Rs35 crore and it would have provision to accommodate 600 girls and boys.
Kumar also emphasized the need of increasing the number of women in technical education. The number of children pursuing industrial training in training centres of CIPET would be increased from 1,000 to 5,000 annually and the entire expenditure would be borne by the Central Government. Speaking on the occasion, Haryana Agriculture and Development and Panchayat Minister, OP Dhankar said that we have to frame future policies by changing the existing education system. So far, companies used to select students, but in future students would select companies on the basis of their qualifications and skills, he added.