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Chandigarh, September 10 – Haryana Skill Development and Industrial Training Minister, Mr. Mool Chand Sharma said that the Dual System of Training (DST) is proving to be a boon for ITI students as well as for the industries. This has not only increased placement chances for the trainees, but will also provide trained manpower to industrial units as per their requirement.
Mr. Mool Chand Sharma said that under this system, arrangements have been made to give On-the-Job Training (OJT) to ITI students. As per the arrangement, ITI students will be trained for a period of three to six months, during their course study having duration of six months to one year. Likewise, an arrangement has been made to give six to 12 months OJT to the trainees enrolled for the courses having duration of two years.
He said that under this system more than 1300 children were benefited during the year 2019-20 while more than 5500 trainees are expected to be benefited through 276 DST units during 2020-21.
The Minister said that the effectiveness of this training system can be gauged from the fact that out of 422 trainees trained under this system, 242 have already got job offers, which is 58 percent of the trained students. He said that efforts will be made to open all trades in OJT in the future.
Mr. Mool Chand Sharma said this while presiding over review meeting of the department here today. The status of ITIs across State, achievements of Haryana Skill Development Mission, progress regarding construction works of Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Dudhola and discussion over various courses started by the university was held in the meeting.
The Minister also reviewed the status of ITIs located in Palwal and Faridabad districts and directed the officers to revamp the facilities in these ITIs. Besides this, while highlighting some complaints regarding non-payment of salaries of the sanitation workers working on outsourcing basis in the ITI, he directed the officers to release full salaries on priority basis. He said that strict action will be taken against the agency dealing with the disbursement of salaries for showing negligence in their work.
Mr. Mool Chand Sharma was apprised that at present through 418 ITIs across the State, skill training is being imparted to more than 84,000 students. Out of these, more than 55,400 in 76 trades in 172 government ITIs, and over 29,400 youth in 37 trades are being trained in 246 private ITIs. He said that construction work of seven new ITIs has been completed while work of 15 is in progress.
The Minister said that portal with the aim of providing services of trained technicians to the people through a well planned platform, ‘Mistry Haryana’ was launched by the department. Through this portal, people can avail the services of trained graduate technicians for work like plumber, electrician, carpenter and hardware repair while sitting at home.
He said that nearly 8000 trainees from ITI have registered themselves on this portal. The possibility of signing MoU with Urban Clap should also be explored to provide services to the people at their doorsteps.
Mr. Mool Chand Sharma said that in the difficult time of COVID-19 Pandemic, Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Dudhola, Haryana Skill Development Mission (HSDM) and department have introduced a unique concept of e-skilling so as to ensure that training of these trainees do not get affected and they continue to study online.
He said that even the Central Government has lauded this initiative taken by the Department. During this time, to promote content, more than 2000 WhatsApp groups were made to connect a large number of students in 75 trades.
The Minister directed the officers concerned to take strict action against those private ITIs who do not have proper infrastructure and sufficient number of students. He said that such people are playing with the future of children. He said that random surprise checking of such centres should be done and strict action should be taken against those found guilty.
Additional Chief Secretary, Skill Development and Industrial Training Development Department, Mr. Devender Singh informed that star rating system of ITI has been introduced for the convenience of students. Besides this, a portal has also been developed for this. Through this, students will be able to choose ITI of their choice during counseling sessions. In future it will be ensured that 100 percent trades of dual training system are filled.
