Lok Sabha Question No. 391 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Low Enrolment Rate in Industrial Training Institutes
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Amar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  391

ANSWERED ON 05.02.2024

## LOW ENROLMENT RATE IN INDUSTRIAL TRAINING INSTITUTES

391 :

DR. AMAR SINGH

Will the Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has maintained information on employment outcomes of graduates of all Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is a fact that enrolment rate in ITIs is decreasing;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (d)   measures taken by the Government to meet the increasing demand of Craft Instructor Training Scheme (CITS) trained instructors at ITIs?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a)   No, Sir. There is no centralized data base about employment of candidates after completing their course in ITIs.

However,  as  per  report  of  a  tracer  study  of  ITI  pass  outs,  conducted  by  the  Ministry  of  Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) through an Independent Agency and published in 2018, about 63.5 % of ITI Graduates are employed out of which 6.7 % are self-employed.

- (b)  &  (c)  No,  Sir.  Enrollment  rate  in  ITIs  is  observed  to  be  increasing  in  last  three  academic sessions, i.e., from session 2021-22 to 2023-24. Seats available, admissions and enrolment rate in ITIs in last three years, i.e., from session 2021-22 to 2023-24 is attached at Annexure-I.

The issue of low enrolment in ITIs is being monitored closely by MSDE and following steps have been taken to increase enrolment in ITIs:

- i. The admission calendar is provided well in advance before start of each training session to enable State/UTs for maximum utilization of seats.
- ii. State Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Committees (SSDEC) have been constituted at each State/UT level to ensure adequate publicity in schools, with an intent to reach-out to students completing class X.
- iii. SSDEC is also entrusted with responsibility to make efforts for filling up vacant seats by walk-in-admission of eligible candidates after admission schedule.
- iv. The  course  curriculum  is  also  updated  regularly  to  incorporate  the  latest  technological equipment and industry requirements so that relevancy of skills imparted to trainees in ITIs can be maintained and ITIs remain aspirational.
- v. The  Dual  System  of  Training  (DST)  and  Flexi  MoU  Schemes  have  been  introduced wherein a large portion of training is 'hands on' and is provided in the industry itself for better industry exposure of trainees, thereby enhancing employability of ITI trainees.
- vi. Apart from these, regular stakeholder consultations are also done to improve enrolment of trainees in ITIs.

(d)   MSDE  implements  Craft  Instructor  Training  Scheme  (CITS)  with  an  objective  to  provide comprehensive training in both hands-on skills and training methodology to the instructor trainees to  make them conversant with techniques for training skilled manpower for the industry. There are several pathways for instructor training:

- i. CITS  is  offered  through  a  network  of  33  National  Skill  Training  Institutes  (NSTIs)  (19 Women & 14 General) & 121 Institute for Training of Trainers (IToTs) (110 State Govts & 11 Private owned) across the country. State-wise list of number of trainees trained under CITS during the last three years i.e., from session 2020-21 to session 2022-23 is attached at Annexure-II .
- ii. In the year 2022, to strengthen CITS scheme, MSDE has allowed the State Governments to  start  regular  courses  under  CITS  as  well  as  courses  for  the  candidates  under 'Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)' in the Model/ Nodal ITIs by converting their existing Government  ITIs  into  IToTs.  The  scheme  to  convert  Government  ITIs  to  IToTs  is  an ongoing  scheme  and  approval  for  affiliations  are  being  conveyed,  on  receipt  of  the proposal(s) from the States.
- iii. For  certification  of  in-service  instructors  (with  minimum  03  years  of  experience  in  an ITI), RPL scheme is being implemented since the year 2019. The provision of RPL under CITS  enables  the  qualified  instructors  to  obtain  requisite  certification.  A  total  of  8,407 instructors have been certified under RPL-CITS since the year 2019.

Annexure - I

Annexure referred to in  reply  to  part  (b  &  c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question number 391 answered on 05.02.2024.

Seats available, admissions and enrolment rate in ITIs in last three years, i.e., from session 2021-22 to 2023-24

| Sessi on   | Government ITI   | Government ITI   | Government ITI       | Private ITI      | Private ITI   | Private ITI          | Total            | Total       | Total                |
|------------|------------------|------------------|----------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------|------------------|-------------|----------------------|
| Sessi on   | Seats availa ble | Admissi ons      | Enrollm ent rate (%) | Seats availa ble | Admissi ons   | Enrollm ent rate (%) | Seats availa ble | Admissi ons | Enrollm ent rate (%) |
| 2021- 22   | 10,08, 546       | 5,41,832         | 53.73                | 16,36, 385       | 6,84,019      | 41.81                | 26,44, 931       | 12,25,85 1  | 46.35                |
| 2022- 23   | 10,12, 394       | 5,88,019         | 58.09                | 16,37, 973       | 6,62,645      | 40.46                | 26,50, 367       | 12,50,66 4  | 47.19                |
| 2023- 24   | 9,77,3 92        | 5,98,047         | 61.19                | 16,31, 528       | 7,27,981      | 44.62                | 26,08, 920       | 13,26,02 8  | 50.83                |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question number 391  answered on 05.02.2024.

State-wise list of number of trainees trained under CITS during the last three years i.e., from session 2020-21 to 2022-23.

| Sr. No.     | State / UT        | Session 2020-21   | Session 2021-22   | Session 2022-23   |
|-------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| 1.          | Andhra Pradesh    | 0                 | 0                 | 20                |
| 2.          | Bihar             | 18                | 19                | 88                |
| 3.          | Chhattisgarh      | 0                 | 0                 | 98                |
| 4.          | Goa               | 0                 | 17                | 23                |
| 5.          | Gujarat           | 109               | 99                | 98                |
| 6.          | Haryana           | 847               | 899               | 950               |
| 7.          | Himachal Pradesh  | 94                | 88                | 251               |
| 8.          | Jammu and Kashmir | 22                | 25                | 78                |
| 9.          | Jharkhand         | 48                | 38                | 50                |
| 10.         | Karnataka         | 364               | 264               | 326               |
| 11.         | Kerala            | 168               | 76                | 102               |
| 12.         | Madhya Pradesh    | 307               | 211               | 249               |
| 13.         | Maharashtra       | 654               | 520               | 655               |
| 14.         | Meghalaya         | 32                | 22                | 29                |
| 15.         | Odisha            | 236               | 225               | 342               |
| 16.         | Puducherry        | 18                | 10                | 0                 |
| 17.         | Punjab            | 1,190             | 1,449             | 982               |
| 18.         | Rajasthan         | 648               | 554               | 1,755             |
| 19.         | Tamil Nadu        | 832               | 599               | 527               |
| 20.         | Telangana         | 426               | 344               | 458               |
| 21.         | Tripura           | 0                 | 0                 | 30                |
| 22.         | Uttar Pradesh     | 1,738             | 1,708             | 1,838             |
| 23.         | Uttarakhand       | 521               | 405               | 423               |
| 24.         | West Bengal       | 796               | 567               | 624               |
| Grand Total | Grand Total       | 9,068             | 8,139             | 9,996             |

* The 2023-24 session is currently underway, with 10,208 trainees admitted under CITS at NSTIs and IToTs.

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