As the State Government is in the process of qualitative expansion of the technical education and vocational training facilities, creation of a talent pool of trainers is felt as the need of the hour.
The Department of Technical Education and Training has, therefore, mooted an idea to join hands with the Central Tool Room & Training Centre (CTRTC) to set up a trainers’ institute.
Accordingly, the CTRTC, Bhubaneswar, a Government of India Society in the Ministry of MSME, entered into an MoU with the State Employment and Technical Education and Training Department on Saturday for establishment state-of-the-art world-class Institute of Training of Trainers Institute (IToT) at Sailashree Vihar in Bhubaneswar.
Commissioner-Cum-Director of Technical Education and Training Hemant Sharma signed the MoU with CTTC, Bhubaneswar General Manager Sibasis Maity in the presence of Commissioner-Cum-Secretary of E&TE&T Department CS Kumar.
The IToT would have training facilities with the latest equipments and technologies suitable for skill upgradation of the faculties of engineering colleges, polytechnics, ITIs /SDCs as well as employees of industries, skill gap training of trained youth and skill training for other unemployed youths for improved employability. The CTTC, Bhubaneswar would act as a technical consultant to the State Government for this purpose.
As per the MoU, the State Government would provide land and funds worth `14.96 crore for infrastructure development and the CTTC would invest on equipment worth `19.22 crore in addition to operation of the IToT in a suitable revenue model.
The CTTC would also develop the required infrastructure and provide the necessary manpower for affiliation of the IToT with the NCVT, New Delhi to impart training in the modular pattern of training of trainer course under the Craft Instructors’ Training Scheme (CITS) and other refresher training programmes for ITI Instructors as per the guidelines of DGE&T, Delhi.
The State Government also plans to set up an IToT at Talcher under the World Bank-assisted Vocational Training Project in the CITS trades of fitter, electrician and electronics mechanic during 2013-14.