Lok Sabha Question No. 1293 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-11
Subject: Polytechnic Colleges under NSDM
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Dhanush M Kumar, Ganesan Selvam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1293

ANSWERED ON 11.12.2023

## POLYTECHNIC COLLEGES UNDER NSDM

1293.   SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

SHRI G. SELVAM:

Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND  ENTREPRENEURSHIP  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) the  details  and  number  of  Polytechnic  Colleges  established  in  the  State  of  Tamil Nadu  under  the  National  Skill  Development  Mission  (NSDM)  during  last  three  years, district-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to cooperate with global education providers in order to improve the quality of education;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  adopt  and  implement  best  international practices for improving the quality of technical education?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a) Under the Govt of India's Skill India Mission (SIM), the Ministry of Skill Development and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  delivers  skill,  re-skill  and  up-skill  training  through  an extensive network  of  skill development  centres/colleges/institutes  etc. under  various schemes,  viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan (JSS),  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)  and  Craftsman  Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), to all the sections of the society across the country.  The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready & industry ready skills.

Setting  up  of  Polytechnic  Colleges  is  a  concurrent  subject,  wherein  the  Central Government is entrusted with the responsibility of formulation of policy, laying down training standards, norms, whereas opening of Polytechnic Colleges, implementation of norms and day-to-day  administration  rest  with  the  respective  State/UT  Governments.  However,  the Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE),  through  the  Directorate General  of  Training  (DGT),  provides  financial  assistance  nationwide  under  the  Centrally Sponsored Scheme 'Scheme of Polytechnics' for establishing new Polytechnics, including in  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu.  Under  this  scheme,  a  total  of  7  Polytechnics  have  been established in the state, as detailed in the Annexure . No new Polytechnic college has been established  in  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu  under  the  National  Skill  Development  Mission (NSDM) in the last three years.

(b) and (c) Yes, Sir. The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 focuses on internationalization and,  among  other  recommendations,  encourages  high-performing Indian universities to establish campuses  in other countries.  An  Memorandum  of Understanding (MoU) for the setting up of a campus of IIT Madras in Zanzibar, Tanzania, was signed on 05-07-2023 between the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India, (Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, and the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT) of Zanzibar, Tanzania. Additionally, on 15-07-2023, an MoU was signed between the Ministry of Education (MoE), GoI, IIT Delhi, and the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (United Arab Emirates) for the establishment of a campus of IIT Delhi in Abu Dhabi.

(d) To  improve  the  quality  of  technical  education,  the  IITs,  as  per  the  Institutes  of Technology Act, 1961, are empowered to cooperate with educational or other institutions in any  part  of  the  world  having  objects  wholly  or  partly  similar  to  those  of  the  Institute  by exchange of teachers and scholars and generally in such manner as may be conducive to their common objects.

Annexure ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1293 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2023 REGARDING 'POLYTECHNIC COLLEGES UNDER NSDM' District-wise details of Polytechnic Colleges established in the State of Tamil Nadu under 'Scheme of Polytechnics' (Rupees in Crore)

| S. No.   | District         | Name of the Polytechnic                   |   Grant-in- aid to be released |   Grant-in- aid released |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1        | Dharmapuri       | Govt. Polytechnic College                 |                           12.3 |                     12.3 |
| 2        | Karur            | Govt. Polytechnic College, Kaniyalampatti |                           12.3 |                     12.3 |
| 3        | Perambalur       | Govt. Polytechnic College                 |                           12.3 |                     12.3 |
| 4        | Theni            | Govt. Polytechnic College, Kottur         |                           12.3 |                     12.3 |
| 5        | Tiruvarur        | Govt. Polytechnic College, Korukkai       |                           12.3 |                     12.3 |
| 6        | Tiruvanannamalai | Govt. Polytechnic College                 |                           12.3 |                     12.3 |
| 7        | Viluppuram       | Govt. Polytechnic College                 |                           12.3 |                     12.3 |
| Total    | Total            | Total                                     |                           86.1 |                     86.1 |

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