Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge), Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Wednesday said that Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) will be opened on the lines of Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) in Chhattisgarh.
He was reviewing the functioning of State’s Skills Development Department along with Chief Minister Raman Singh.
The Union Minister revealed that the authorities had decided to brand ITIs. The main aim is to popularise the institutes. For the first time in 68 years, a logo had been made for ITIs.
The Union Minister appreciated the steps taken to improve the skills of youth.
He said that Chhattisgarh is the first State in the country which gave the Right for Skill Development to the citizens in the age-group of 14—45 years in the year 2013.
The State Government had allocated Rs 400 crore funds for Skill Development Training programmes in the year 2015-2016.
State Skill Development Minister Prem Prakash Pandey, Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand and several senior officers were also present.
Rudy said that there are about 13,000 ITIs in the entire country out of which 3,000 are Government institutes. Efforts are being made to categorise the institutes on the basis of their quality.
The examinations are being held Online and the results are declared instantly, the Union Minister stated.
He expressed satisfaction that the State Government had opened the institutes in all the development blocks in Chhattisgarh. There are 172 State Government institutes and 101 private institutes. There are only four development blocks where there are no ITIs in the State.
The Union Minister appreciated that the Prime Minister’s Skills Development Programme and Chief Minister’s Skills Development programmes are being implemented efficiently in Adivasi-dominated Jashpur district’s— Manora, Dhuldhula, Surguja district’s— Batoli and Narayanpur district’s Orchha. Youth are being trained in vocational courses in 27 livelihood colleges of the State.
In a detailed presentation the department officials said that there are 2646 registered institutes giving vocational training in several trades. About 1800 are functioning. One lakh youth had been trained in various vocations in the year 2016-2017. Three lakh 57 thousand youth had been trained in various courses till date. About 1781 widows and destitute women and 71 transgenders had been provided with vocational training in various trades.
The courses include computer hardware, masonry, nursing, garment making, beauty parlour, agriculture, automotive repairing plastic engineering and many others.
Rudy assured Singh that the number of trades will be increased in ITIs in Chhattisgarh soon.
There is limited participation of the private sector in skill development space in Chhattisgarh, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has observed in its study report last year.
The NSDC had got carried out a ‘skill gap study’ for the State of Chhattisgarh’ recently.
The NSDC in its recommendation had advised the State Government to form ‘State-level Industry-Vocational Education Council’ in collaboration with existing industry bodies.
Under the tie-up, the industry bodies could be tasked with facilitation of industry participation in design and delivery of courses and skill development programmes, it has advised.
It also recommended employee satisfaction survey with on/off campus companies.
The NSDC advised facilitation of two-way sabbatical /exchange programme between industry and ITIs to address issue of industry orientation of faculty.
District-level incremental manpower requirements estimation indicates that the districts of Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur, Korba and Raigarh account for around 47 per cent of the manpower requirement with most incremental demand to be generated in sectors such as Agriculture, manufacturing(mineral and metal based), building an construction, mining and quarrying and trade (wholesale and retail), it had observed in its report.
In terms of manpower supply, the estimated incremental supply over the aforesaid period is around 34.27 lakh. The proportion of incremental supply of skilled manpower is 55 per cent compared to 27 per cent of semi skilled and 18 per cent of skilled manpower ( 2012-22).
During the period 2012-22, the incremental demand supply of the State to be a surplus of about 3.83 lakhs i.e. the State will have excess of incremental manpower supply.
While a shortage of manpower is likely to be expected across semi-skilled (0.72 lakhs) segment, an excess supply is estimated in the skilled (1.34 lakhs) and minimally skilled (3.21 lakhs segment), it observed.
Meanwhile, for all-round development of college students, the State Government will be launching ‘Mukhyamantri Yuva Jeevan Kaushal Vikas Karyakram’ (Chief Minister life Skills Development Programme) for College Youth).
This programme will start from upcoming academic session, officials informed.
It is noteworthy that objective of this scheme is to enhance employability of college students, and improve their confidence level as well as creative competitive skills.
Under this scheme, students will be trained in English language, computer education and behavioural skills. This will improve their employability to greater extent. This scheme will be implemented under National Higher Education Campaign.
As per the instructions of State Government, implementation of this scheme will commence from upcoming academic session, for which State Project Office has issued necessary guidelines to all the collectors under National Higher Education Campaign.
The Chhattisgarh Government would also be setting up a Project Management Unit (PMU) for proper implementation of the ‘Mukhya Mantri Yuva Swavalamban Yojana’.
The project is a major initiative taken by Chhattisgarh Government to improve placement rates of fresh college graduates of three and four year degree courses in IT sectors, officials informed.
The program envisages providing training to students in such areas of aptitude that are required to successfully navigate the selection process of IT and BPM employers and secure placement.
The training will be designed with a view to imparting in-demand skills and abilities in contemporary employment market.
The training will be delivered by leading trainers who will also make necessary arrangements for the employment opportunities for placing a minimum of 60% of the total students undergoing the training program.
The Chhattisgarh Infotech and Biotech Promotion Society (CHiPS), the nodal agency of Department of Information Technology and Biotechnology, Government of Chhattisgarh recently invited technical and financial proposals from reputed Consultants of National and International repute to act as the Project Management Unit (PMU) and undertake responsibility of implementing the “Mukhya Mantri Yuva Swavalamban Yojana”.