Scheme for rating of ITIs introduced; aimed to promote excellence in vocational training
Updated: Jan 02, 2015 03:46:06pm
New Delhi, Jan 2 (KNN) Ministry of Labour and Employment has introduced a scheme for rating of Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) in order to promote excellence in vocational training.
According to an official release, presently there are about 12000 ITIs in the country, their numbers having doubled over the last about five -six years with many more proposed to be opened within the next five years.
“With such a vast rate of growth, it was felt necessary to introduce quality assurance system for these institutions. The rating scheme can 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,” it said.
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 the normative fee structure for private ITIs, 20 per cent extra fee has been permitted for ITIs who are rated 5 star or 4 star, it added.
Further, in order to ensure quality of vocational training in ITIs, decision of compulsory re-affiliation of ITIs after five years has also been taken by NCVT. NCVT may not award certificates to students of ITIs admitted from August, 2015 session onwards which were affiliated before 2009 and do not seek re-affiliation with NCVT by July, 2015.
The rating system will serve as a management tool to identify problem areas and design appropriate policy intervention. The salient points are: it is voluntary for the NCVT affiliated ITIs; the rating of institute will be valid for a period of two years; fee for the rating process will not be regulated. However, the rating agencies will disclose the fees charged to a specific institute.
In this regard, the agencies which have been empanelled on pilot basis are ICRA Limited; Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited (CRISIL); and NABET, Quality Council of India (QCI).
As far as the rating mechanism is concerned, ITIs will be rated at the Trade and Institute level; the combined rating of all trades in the institute will be calculated on weighted average method.
Further, parameters of trades and institute are split as: trade – 70 per cent and institute – 30 per cent; and the weighted average rates as described above for trade and institute will be converted into a 0 to 10 points scale.
The ratings will be awarded based on the number of points each ITI receives. Those with 8-10 points will receive a 5 star rating, with 6 to less than 8 points a 4 star rating, 5 to less than 6 points a 3 star rating and below 5 points no rating, the release specified. (KNN/ES)
According to an official release, presently there are about 12000 ITIs in the country, their numbers having doubled over the last about five -six years with many more proposed to be opened within the next five years.
“With such a vast rate of growth, it was felt necessary to introduce quality assurance system for these institutions. The rating scheme can 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,” it said.
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 the normative fee structure for private ITIs, 20 per cent extra fee has been permitted for ITIs who are rated 5 star or 4 star, it added.
Further, in order to ensure quality of vocational training in ITIs, decision of compulsory re-affiliation of ITIs after five years has also been taken by NCVT. NCVT may not award certificates to students of ITIs admitted from August, 2015 session onwards which were affiliated before 2009 and do not seek re-affiliation with NCVT by July, 2015.
The rating system will serve as a management tool to identify problem areas and design appropriate policy intervention. The salient points are: it is voluntary for the NCVT affiliated ITIs; the rating of institute will be valid for a period of two years; fee for the rating process will not be regulated. However, the rating agencies will disclose the fees charged to a specific institute.
In this regard, the agencies which have been empanelled on pilot basis are ICRA Limited; Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited (CRISIL); and NABET, Quality Council of India (QCI).
As far as the rating mechanism is concerned, ITIs will be rated at the Trade and Institute level; the combined rating of all trades in the institute will be calculated on weighted average method.
Further, parameters of trades and institute are split as: trade – 70 per cent and institute – 30 per cent; and the weighted average rates as described above for trade and institute will be converted into a 0 to 10 points scale.
The ratings will be awarded based on the number of points each ITI receives. Those with 8-10 points will receive a 5 star rating, with 6 to less than 8 points a 4 star rating, 5 to less than 6 points a 3 star rating and below 5 points no rating, the release specified. (KNN/ES)
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