The Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment,
Shri Bandaru Dattatreya has said that administration of ITIs
are under the control of State Governments/Union Territory Administrations and
therefore, data on employment and unemployment is not maintained centrally.
However, according to performance evaluation of ITIs conducted by Quality
Council of India in January 2011, about 60% of graduates from Government ITIs
get employment.
The
Ministry of Labour & Employment has also conducted study for evaluation of
its two Schemes. As per result of Vocational Training Improvement Project
(VTIP) mid-terms tracer study conducted in May, 2012, 60% of ITI pass out find
employment with in one year of finishing of their training.
In
a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya said that as
per study conducted to ascertain the impact of the Scheme for Upgradation of
1396 Government ITIs through PPP, average percentages of placement of trainees
to total pass out are as under:
|
S.No.
|
Year
|
Placement Percentage
|
|
1.
|
2007-08
|
65.35
|
|
2.
|
2008-09
|
64.4
|
|
3.
|
2009-10
|
69.95
|
|
4.
|
2010-11
|
66.05
|
The
Minister said that the skill development schemes of MoL&E are adequately
linked with placement of its trainees as per details given below:
He
said that Craftsmen Training Scheme - “Placement Cell” in every Government and
Private ITIs is required to be set up to facilitate the passed out trainees in
getting placement in different industries.
The
Minister said that Skill Development Initiative Scheme - Vocational Training
Providers have to ensure wage employment to at least 50% passed trainees of a
batch for semi-skilled worker for that state within 3 months of end of training
for at least six months.
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