Technical Education Minister Prem Prakash Pandey on Thursday said that the State Government had been focussing on imparting technical education and skills up-gradation to the youths to make them self-employed.
The Minister said that at the time of formation of Chhattisgarh State, there were 5,960 seats in 44 Industrial Technical Institutes (ITIs) in 13 districts out of 16 districts of the State. But during the past 14 years under the present dispensation there was quantum jump in the number of institutes and seats in the entire State , he said.
Now there are 118 new ITIs and there are 25,589 seats. At present there are 283 ITIs and the admission strength is 41,318 seats. There are 178 State Government sponsored ITIs and 105 private technical institutes.
The Minister said that in the year 2015-2016, there were 18,184 students in 163 ITIs, and in the current fiscal year 2017-2018, there are 25 ,589 students in 178 ITIs across the State. There were 98 private institutes in the year 2015-2016, and 105 ITIs at present. The number of students in private institutes is 15,729 .
Pandey said that there are 18,944 students in State Government ITIs and the total strength is 20 ,298 in these institutes. The total percentage of admission is 93.32 . Meanwhile the number of students in private institutes is around 8 511 and the total strength is 11 841. Total percentage is 71.88.
He called upon the officials to cater to the needs of the students in the Institute and conduct regular checks. There are 178 State Government ITIs in 142 development blocks out of 146 blocks in 27 districts. Efforts are being made to open ITIs in Manora and Orchha with the co-operation of Union Government.