New ITI building to come up in Solan village

Solan, December 19

A new building of the ITI at Saiyri in the district will be constructed over nine bighas at a cost of Rs 1.23 crore. It will be a pre-fabricated structure equipped with the required facilities, said Minister for Technical Education Ramlal Markandey today.

He said that two more trades would be introduced in the ITI in the next two years to provide jobs to the students. He added that they were focusing on starting trades to provide the latest skills to the students, as per the requirements of the industry.

The ITI, which started in 2015, has only 71 students enrolled in fashion designing technology (FDT) and electrician trades, as it is located at the far end of Kandaghat block. The FDT trade has less than 10 students.

Earlier, the State government had decided to secure funds from the Asian Development Bank for its construction and the PWD was supposed to call its tenders. It has now been decided to provide State funding for it. The ITI,however, lacks a permanent principal and its additional charge has been held by various principals from time to time. Even the support staff was outsourced. Despite sanctioning posts for this institution, the government was yet to provide adequate staff. — TNS