In the light of Chief Minister Dr Raman singh's announcement to promote technical education in State with priority, seven new Government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) will be established in Chhattisgarh, in the current financial year 2013-14, informed an official statement on Thrusday.
With establishment of these new institutes, total number of ITIs in Chhattisgarh will reach 125, told Higher Education and Technical Education
Minister Ramvichaar Netam on Thursday. He further told that technical education has been given priority so as to associate the unemployed youth with the self-employment opportunities in the State. He said that at the time of formation, Chhattisgarh had only 44 ITIs.
But with the vision of Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh, technical education was promoted with priority and the number of ITIs in State was increased considerably over the time.
Presently, the State has about 118 ITIs conducted in various zones. Number of ITIs were 88 in year 2008-09, 91 in year 2009-10, 101 in year 2010-11, and 108 in year 2011-12, and now seven more will be opened in year
2013-14 increasing the number of ITIs to 125.
These new ITIs will
be opened in Deobhog
in Gariaband district,
Daundi in Balod, Baikunthpur in Koriya, Ramchandrapur in Balrampur-Ramanujganj, Saraipali in Mahasamund, Paamgarh in Janjgir-Champa, and Pandariya in Kabeerdham (Kawardha) district.