Rating of ITIs

Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy has said that the Government has introduced a scheme for rating of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in order to promote excellence in vocational training. The scheme aim to provide a benchmark for comparison amongst various institutes and trades offered therein. It is also expected to bring a differentiating factor for institutions leading to increased market competition and thereby quality improvement in laggard institutions so that they would remain competitive. The rating will also help students and employers by serving as a formal recognition from the Government about a specified level of quality of training and facilities.

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today Shri Rudy said, in the normative fee structure for private ITIs, 20% extra fee has been permitted for ITIs who are rated 5 star or 4 star.

The following three agencies are empanelled on pilot basis:-

i. NABET(QCI), 6th Floor, ITPI building, 4-A, Ring Road, I.P Estate, New Delhi.

ii. ICRA Limited, 1105, Kailash Building, 11th Floor, 26, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi.

iii. CRISI Limited, CRISIL House, Plot No. 46, Sector 44, Opp PF Office, Gurgaon, Haryana.

ITIs are already part of the skill development programme of the Government, the Minister added.

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