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Centre to upgrade 1,900 ITIs

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Union Labour Minister Oscar Fernandez said here on Saturday that the Centre was planning to upgrade to international standards 500 ITIs in the Government sector and another 1,400 ITIs with the private sector’s participation.

The Minister said the Centre would provide a loan of Rs. 2.5 crore to each institution.

He said lack of technical knowledge and training were the biggest problem that youngsters faced in the labour sector. The Centre proposed to implement a special scheme to overcome this. Special arrangements would be made to impart this training to the educated youth from the economically and socially backward sections. Even though 50 per cent of those who worked in the Gulf countries were Malayalis, they too lacked technical knowledge and training, and hence were paid only a meagre salary. If technical knowledge and training were imparted to them, their prospects and salary would improve and they would be able to play a bigger role in the progress of the country.

He contended that the Centre would make use of technology to realise the development dreams.

Archbishop Susaipakiam presided over the function. Food Minister C. Divakaran, Thennala Balakrishna Pillai and Pannyan Ravindran, MPs; V. Sivankutty, MLA; and others spoke.

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