Objective of the Scheme
The Craftsman Training
Scheme was introduce by government of India in 1950 to ensure
a steady flow of skill workers in different trades for the domestic
Industries, to raise quantitatively and qualitatively the Industrial
production by systematic training , to reduce unemployment among
the educated youth by providing them employable training , to
cultivate and nurture a technical and industrial attitude in
the minds of younger generation. The scheme, most important
in the field of vocational training , has been shaping Craftsmen
to meet the existing as well as future manpower need , through
the vast network of ITIs' in the state the day-to-day administration
of ITIs' under the Craftsman Training Scheme was transferred
to State Government with effect from the year 1956
National
Council for Vocational Training
The government of India
transferred the administration of ITIs' to the State Government
concerned, while retaining the functions of co-ordinating Craftsman
Training and laying down the training policy with it and the
Director General of Employment and Training is looking after
these functions. This decision has further accentuated the need
for central agency for assisting or advising the Central Government
in the discharge of responsibilities regarding Craftsman Training
It has accordingly been decided in consultation with the State
government to set-up a National Council for Vocational Training
. Accordingly with a view to ensure and maintain uniformity
in the standards of training all over the country, the National
Council for Vocational Training, and advisory body, was set-up
by the government of India in the year 1956. The council has
been entrusted with responsibilities of prescribing the standards
and curricula for Craftsman Training, Advising the Government
of India on the overall policy and programmes , conducting All
India Trade Test and awarding National Trade Certificate.The
National Council is chaired by Minister of Labour with members
representing Central and State Government departments, employers
and workers organisation , professional and learned bodies ,
AICTE , Schedule Cast and Schedule Tribe , All India Women Organisation
etc. It is essential for all ITIs/ITCs to get affiliated to
NCVT in each trade/unit before admitting the trainees.
State Council
for Vocational Training
The State Council for
Vocational Training is a counter part of NCVT at State level
and it plays the same role, that is played by NCVT at National
level. The SCVT is Chaired by the Secretary for Higher and Technical
Education.
Status
Of Craftsman Training Scheme In Maharashtra
In Maharashtra State
there was the steady growth of ITIs' from 1960 to 1990 and till
them the total No. of ITIs' functioning were 131 and the intake
capacity for training was 41292
In 1995 Government of
Maharasthra has taken a policy decision to establish one ITI
at each Taluka. Accordingly from 1995 to 1998 , 181 new ITIs'
were introduced, raising the intake capacity of ITIs' to 64268.
During 1999-2000 ,35 more ITIs' have comeup raising the total
intake capacity to 65704
The details of existing
ITIs & ITIs introduced from 1995 onward is given as under:
|
Industrial Training
Institute |
Intake
Capacity
|
|
S.N
|
ITI
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
|
1
|
Mumbai
|
23
|
6
|
13
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
7192
|
828
|
1700
|
924
|
240
|
284
|
|
2
|
Pune
|
24
|
3
|
12
|
14
|
-
|
5
|
9700
|
492
|
1604
|
1852
|
32
|
320
|
|
3
|
Nasik
|
17
|
14
|
8
|
8
|
-
|
5
|
6424
|
1476
|
972
|
1140
|
48
|
320
|
|
4
|
A’bad
|
25
|
9
|
7
|
12
|
3
|
6
|
6784
|
1052
|
1044
|
1484
|
276
|
384
|
|
5
|
A’vati
|
17
|
9
|
4
|
12
|
4
|
11
|
4808
|
1040
|
744
|
1328
|
376
|
704
|
|
6
|
Nagpur
|
25
|
7
|
17
|
6
|
3
|
4
|
6384
|
1228
|
1852
|
928
|
316
|
256
|
|
|
Total
|
132
|
49
|
61
|
59
|
12
|
35
|
40460
|
6116
|
7916
|
7656
|
1288
|
2268
|
a)
Category-wise Intake ( Up to 1999 )
|
Sr.No
|
Category
|
Insititute
|
Intake
|
|
1
|
Tribal
ITI
|
75
|
13084
|
|
2
|
Women
ITI
|
15
|
2240
|
|
3
|
General
ITI
|
257
|
50380
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
347
|
65704
|
b)Details of Courses
taught in ITI
|
Duration
(
Year)
|
NCVT
Courses
|
SCVT
Courses
|
Courses
|
Intake
|
|
Engg.
|
Non-Engg.
|
Engg.
|
Non-Engg
|
|
3
|
|
