Govt to open 1,600 new ITIs, 8 IITs and 7 IIMs
NEW DELHI: The government, which has been pushing the industry to pursue
affirmative action, on Wednesday said it will launch a vocational education
mission with private sector help to impart job skills to one crore students
every year.
To support the grand plans for industrialisation that his government has, Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said 1,600 new industrial training
institutes, 10,000 vocational schools and 50,000 skill development centres
would be set up under the mission to supply trained workforce.
The "Vocational Education and Skill Development Mission" will be launched soon
with help of the private sector to train over one crore students - up four-fold
from today's level, he said, addressing the nation on its 61st Independence
Day.
"We will see active help from the private sector in this drive so that they not
only assist in training but also lend a hand in providing employment
opportunities," he said.
The government will set up 6,000 new quality schools, eight Indian Institutes
of Technology (IITs), seven Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), five Indian
Institutes of Science, Education and Research and 20 Indian Institutes of
Information Technology across the country.
"I wish to see a revolution in the field of modern education in the next few
years," he said.
He said it should be ensured that every Indian is educated and skilled so that
the benefits of employment generation reach all.
He said the University System will be the focus of the government's reform and
development agenda. "We will set up 30 new central Universities. Every state
that does not have a Central University will now have one."
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