The government has made 150 hours of on-the-job training mandatory for ITI trainees, cutting classroom training time. States and union territories are required to provide accidental insurance, travel, and accommodation. ITI performance evaluation will now include OJT as a grading parameter, shifting skill development toward job readiness with a more structured training framework.
Prime Minister Modi’s PM-SETU scheme, backed by Rs 60,000 crore, aims to modernise 1,000 government Industrial Training Institutes. The plan will create demand-driven courses, overhaul existing programmes via a hub-and-spoke model, and use special purpose vehicles for outcome-based training. It also boosts five National Skill Training Institutes to better match industry needs.
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