Centre of Excellence

Sector - Automobile

In Budget speech Union Finance Minister says -

"I am concerned about the quality of technical education in the country. Lest I be misunderstood, I am not referring to the IITs but to the ITIs. ITIs are the training ground for skilled manpower. The skills imparted by ITIs must keep pace with the technological demands of industry and the expanding universe of knowledge. There is only one benchmark for our technicians – and that is the world standard. In order to produce technicians of world standard, Government proposes to launch a program in the Central Sector to upgrade 500 ITIs over the next 5 years at the rate of 100 ITIs a year. Appropriate infrastructure and equipment will be provided, the syllabi will be upgraded and new trades will be introduced. This is an area where I welcome Chambers of Commerce and Industry to join hands with the Government and create a public-private partnership model for designing and implementing the scheme. The selection of the ITIs will be done in consultation with the State Governments"

Introduction

Govt. of India decided to upgrade 100 ITIs in the country into "Centre of Excellence" in the first phase in the FY 2005-2006 through domestic resources and 400 ITIs through World Bank Assistance.The institute has been upgraded into Centre of Excellence from Aug. 2006 in Automobile Sector.

Silent Features

Centre of Excellence is a special Institute for vocational training characterized by -

• Closed Link between Institutes
• Other Training Providers
• Industry
• Other Stack holders
• It Aims to produce appropriately qualified & skilled workers with excellent Employment & Career prospects, which meet the need of economy.

Objectives of the Scheme

The objective is to upgrade the existing ITI’s into “Centre of Excellence (COEs)” for producing multi skilled workforce of world standard by -

• Introducing new multi – skilled modular courses as per needs of industry.
• Improving physical infrastructure facilities like building, equipment etc.
• Adopting new training technology with close involvement of industry and other Stakeholders in planning and implementation of training programs.
• Empowering these Centers by providing sufficient autonomy in academic, Administrative, financial and management dimensions.
• Building up Partnership with the nearby industries and setting up of Institute Management Committees (IMCs) to make training wholly demand driven.

Structure of the Courses

These centres provide multiskill training to meet the skill requirement of particular sector of industry with their active involvement in all aspects of training. The training will bbe provided in three parts as given below:

• Training in Basic skill areas for a period of one year.
• Training in advanced modules for next six months. The testing and certification for the Basic skill training during first year and also for advanced training during next six months will be conducted by NCVT.
• Training in specialized modules mainly in the industry (The course curricula, duration etc) will be designed in consultations with the IMC/local industry. The trade testing and certification for this component will be done jointly by the State Government and Industry. Said certificate will be recognized by NCVT.

As per the recommendations of the EFC, Training in the shop floor should constitute 25-40% of the curriculam.

The training programme will have multi-entry and multi-exit provisions:

• Trainee can opt to go to the labour market after completing broad based basic training of one year duration as well as after completing 1.5 years of training.
• Trainee can join training after some time for advanced/specialised training in another module of same sector.
• ITI pass out trainee of the particular trade(s) from the conventional system can seek admission for advanced/specialised training in relevant sector.