Government to Soon Approve Separate Board for ITIs

Every year, close to 23 lakh students pass-out fromIndustrial Institutes of Technology (ITIs)in India. However, there is no proper mechanism to carry out assessment and certification process for students. States have the responsibility of conducting these processes for the ITIs located in the region. With a motive to liberalize states from the process of certification and assessment of ITI students, the government has come up with a plan to set up a separate board for ITIs on the lines ofCBSEandICSE.

Constituting a separate board will help the ITI graduates to take up regular courses in colleges. In other words, the certificates awarded by the board to ITI students will be equivalent to the ones given to CBSE and ICSE pass outs.

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Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurshiphas prepared a cabinet note for setting up an independent board for ITIs. The ministry will table the cabinet note before theUnion Cabinetafter holding consultations with various departments of the government. If the cabinet note is tabled before Union Cabinet, the proposal for setting up a separate board forITIswill get approval within one month.

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The ministry will also include industry-led bodies byNSDCand Sector Skill Councils for creating Occupational Standards and Qualification Bodies. The ministry along with these departments will take up with following activities: -

• Conduct skill gap studies
• Conduct training programmes
• Develop competency framework
• Assess and certify trainers on the curriculum aligned to national occupational standards developed by Occupational Standards and Qualification Boards

HRD Ministryhas already accepted the proposal to set up a separate board for ITIs.