Two Community Colleges will be started soon by the State Technical Education Department in the State, officials informed on Friday. The colleges are expected to boost employment-based education in Chhattisgarh. Total of two Polytechnic Colleges have been identified- Government Girls Polytechnic Raipur and Government Kirorimal Polytechnic Raigarh.
The All India Council for Technical Education has allocated Rs50 lakh each to the Polytechnic Colleges. Sanction has been given to add 100 seats and start Interior Design Sector in Government Girls Polytechnic at Raipur and extra 100 seats in Electrical Equipment Maintenance Sector in Government Kirorimal Polytechnic Raigarh.
The concerned officers revealed that the colleges will start soon. Efforts are being made to begin colleges in the next academic session 2015-16. The study courses which will be Diploma or Vocational will be started after the AICTE provides a green signal to the proposal.
The Chhattisgarh State is committed to skills development of youth and as per the needs of the society courses will be designed, officials stated. Incidentally on April 13, New Polytechnic colleges were sanctioned for Chhattisgarh.
The colleges have been established under the 11th Five Year Plan as part of Central Government’s Sub-mission on Polytechnic under the coordinated action for skill development. The Polytechnic colleges are being established in States having less number of Polytechnic colleges.
Officials further said under this scheme already nine out of 11 Polytechnic colleges have already been established in Koriya, Jashpur, Kanker, Narayanpur, Bijapur, Ramanujganj, Bilaspur, Raipur and Bastar. In Dantewada the Polytechnic College has been established with help of NMDC ltd while in Janjgir Champa the State Government has set up the college.
The Central Government will open two new Polytechnic colleges in Kondagaon and Surajpur districts. The Central Government has provided assistance of Rs12.30 crore for opening these colleges. Out of sanctioned amount Rs8 crore would be invested for building construction while Rs4.30 crore would be spent on equipments, furniture etc.
The State Government for academic session 2014-15 has already started a Polytechnic college in Baloda Bazaar and Bhatapara each. The State Government last month also announced that it will open as many as 17 new Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in 15 development blocks during financial year 2015-16.
Out of the 17 ITIs, a total of 12 would be opened in tribal dominated regions. The State Government has made a provision of Rs19.3 crore for the purpose. It may be recalled that a budget provision of Rs10 crore had been made by the State Government for 2015-16 for investors in the form of capital investment, interest grant and skill development in the State Budget for the Electronics and IT sector is set to provide a major boost to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign. The budget announcement was in consonance with the new IT & Electronics policy of the State Government, officials stated. Moreover, the Chhattisgarh Government has now included Electronics Manufacturing also under its IT/ITES Policy, officials stated. This has been done as per the vision of the Prime Minister on ‘Make in India’ initiative for which the State Government has envisioned ‘Make in Chhattisgarh’ campaign.