Now learn Artificial Intelligence, IoT, 3D printing courses in ITIs

NEW DELHI, APRIL 27: Bringing long due structural reform in the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) by offering new age courses and launch of online portal and new norms to simplify ITI affiliations, the Government has announced to open one ITI in every block of the country by the end of 2018 and up-grade the skill institutions with new age skills which are market relevant.

Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship emphasising on the need for strengthening institutional mechanisms for skill development at the State level and bringing in a more robust framework launched an array of initiatives that include new courses for ITIs.

Address the skill gaps and provide more employment opportunities to the youth the courses have been designed to promote emerging skill areas such Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Robotic Process Automation, Internet of Things, Robotics, Big Data Analytics, 3D Printing, etc.

The new Affiliation Norms 2018 aims at establishing high quality Institutions for Skill Training in all parts of the country especially the un-served blocks. To ensure transparency in the affiliation process, a Portal has also been designed and was launched at the event. The portal has a three-stage process which simplifies the overall affiliation process.

Pradhan said, “Vocational Training is a concurrent subject and thus it is imperative that Centre and State governments work closely to ensure a paradigm shift in addressing the issues relevant to skill development and identify the gaps in skill development, so as to achieve the objectives in terms of quantity, quality, outreach, and mobility while building this largest human resource exercise that we have undertaken. The States should align themselves to reforms being done to our central initiatives like Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (PMKK), Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS).”

“Industrial Training Institutes played a vital role in economic development of the country, especially in terms of supplying skilled manpower to industries. We have focused extensively on upgradation and modernization of our institutes. It is our endeavour to establish at least one ITI in each block of the country by end of 2018”, he further added.