CM approves setting up of 11 new GITIs

CHANDIGARH, MARCH 25

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal has approved the proposal for construction of 11 new Government Industrial Training Institutes (GITIs) and three other institutes in the State at a cost of Rs 98 crore under the “Swarn Jayanti ITIs Scheme”.

          While stating this here today, a spokesman of the Department of Industrial Training said that in all 19 new institutes would be opened under this scheme and 400 students would get training in each ITI.

          He said that eleven ITIs  would be constructed at  Talwada in district Fatehabad, Kadma in district Bhiwani, Chhachhrauli in district Yamunanagar,  Bapauli and   Matlauda, district Panipat,  Sikrona in district Faridabad,  Sahbajpur (Nangal Chaudhary) and  Bhojawas in district Mohindergarh,   Surewala,  Bhaklana and  Rakhi Shahpur in district Hisar. Among other institutes, Skill Development Training Centre would come up at Indri in district Karnal, Multi Centre at Sehlang in district Mohindergarh and Barana Construction and Establishment Skill Development Centre in village Barana, district Panipat.

          He said that the Department of Industrial Training is running 348 institutes in the State. These included 114 GITIs, 33 GITIs (Women), 190 Private Industrial Training Institutes, one Government Institute for Training of Trainees (ITOT) and one private Institute for Training of Trainees (ITOT), seven Government Teacher Training Courses Centres and two private Teacher Training Courses Centres.

          He said that in the year 1966, when Haryana came into being, there were only 48 GITIs with intake capacity of 7156.Now their number has increased to 337 with intake capacity of 80,328 offering 70 trades in government as well as private ITIs. He said that the Department is imparting skill based training to the unemployed youth through the network of 147 GITIs including 114 GITIs and 33 GITIs (Women) and 190 private ITIs under the Craftsman Training Scheme. One year and two year duration courses were being run in these institutes, he added.

          He said that during the current academic year 2015-16, as many as 55,484 sanctioned seats in 3322 trade units including COE have been sanctioned for admission in GITIs and 28,622 seats in 1324 trade units have been sanctioned for admission to 183 private ITIs as against 190 private ITIs.