Punjab Technical Education Department has cancelled the affiliation of 20 institutions, while another five have been suspended and cases for cancellation of their affiliation has been forwarded to the Directorate General of Employment Training (DGET).
The 20 institutions, whose affiliation has been cancelled, are affiliated with the State Council for Vocational Training (SCVT). The other five institutions have affiliation with National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT). The decision came following department's recent review of working of these institutions and found faults with the machinery and faculty.
“We have recently reviewed the working of art and craft teachers training institutions affiliated with the SCVT. During review, machinery and faculty was found lacking in 20 institutions and admissions in five NCVT institutions have been barred,” said the State Technical Education and Industrial Training Minister Anil Joshi on Sunday.
Joshi said that to maintain the high standard of training, new instructions have been issued to the technical institutions and the institutions found violating the norms would be brought to task. He said that the institutions whose affiliation have been cancelled include Guru Teg Bahadur Art and Craft Teachers’ Training Institute, Samana; Prime Technical Training Institute, Sangrur; Mata Gujri Art and Craft Teacher Training Institute, Patran; PRG Art and Craft, Chanalon, Kurali; Honey Art and Craft Institute, Patiala; Malwa Art and Craft Institute, Sangrur; Anand College of Art and Craft, Majitha; Gyan Jyoti ITC, Chunni Kalan; National Art and Craft Institute, Sangrur; Gian Sagar Art and Crafts Institute, Amritsar; among others.