Lok Sabha Question No. 2897 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-16
Subject: Semester System in ITIs
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: S. RAJENDRAN

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2897 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2015

## Semester System in ITIs

## 2897:  SHRI S.RAJENDRAN:

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

- (a) whether  the  examinations  in  the  Industrial  Training  Institutes  (ITIs)  are  being conducted under the semester system due to which financial burden has increased on the students resulting in lesser number of students seeking admission in the ITIs;
- (b) the  details  of  students  who  got  admission  in  ITIs  during  each  of  the  last  three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) the number of ITIs closed during the above period, State-wise; and
- (d) the  extent  of  financial  burden  on  the  students  due  to  the  past  system  and  the pressure  due  to  the  examination  conducted  under  the  present  system  and  the  steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)

- (a) At present, the examinations in the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) are being conducted  under  the  semester  system.  In  order  to  meet  the  increased  cost  of examination, the examination fees was increased in November, 2014 on the recommendation  of National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT), but this has not resulted in lesser no of students seeking admission in the ITIs.
- (b) The  detail  of  number  of  students,  admitted    in  ITIs,  State-wise  during  the sessions 2014-15 and 2015-16 is at Annex -A .
- (c)     A total of  270   numbers of ITIs have been de-affiliated from National Council for Vocational  Training  (NCVT)  during  last  three  years  &  current  year  due  to  lack  of infrastructure, shifting of location and own request of institutes. State- wise details are at Annex-B .

(d) As the examination is being conducted at the end of every semester, accordingly the examination fee per semester is being charged from trainees for All India Trade Test (AITT)  on  semester  pattern.  The  pressure  on  the  students,  due  to  introduction  of semester system, has been reduced considerably as the evaluation process is fast and results  are  declared  timely  as  compared  to  the  past  system  in  which  time  taken  for declaration of result was considerably large as compare to the present system. Also, the trainees  were  appearing  in  examination  in  past  system  after  one  year  or  two  years depending  on  the  duration  of  the  course  whereas  in  the  present  system  they  are appearing every six months, thereby reducing the pressure of examination.

## Annex -A

| Name of State/UT          |   Number of trainees admitted in year 2015-16 |   Number of trainees admitted in year 2014-15 |
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                           240 |                                           186 |
| Andhra Pradesh            |                                         35178 |                                         56425 |
| Arunachal Pradesh         |                                           441 |                                           356 |
| Assam                     |                                          2991 |                                          2765 |
| Bihar                     |                                         79056 |                                         65415 |
| Chandigarh                |                                          1029 |                                           662 |
| Chhattisgarh              |                                         13503 |                                         12342 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                                           112 |                                           108 |
| Daman & Diu               |                                           223 |                                           156 |
| Delhi                     |                                          7865 |                                          6044 |
| Goa                       |                                          1795 |                                          1247 |
| Gujarat                   |                                         55069 |                                         43454 |
| Haryana                   |                                         26141 |                                         26797 |
| Himachal Pradesh          |                                         15234 |                                         16596 |
| Jammu and Kashmir         |                                          2528 |                                          2343 |
| Jharkhand                 |                                         28422 |                                         26729 |
| Karnataka                 |                                         67467 |                                         69579 |
| Kerala                    |                                         28619 |                                         29724 |
| Lakshadweep               |                                            90 |                                            94 |
| Madhya Pradesh            |                                         59654 |                                         38871 |
| Maharashtra               |                                         90960 |                                        104040 |
| Manipur                   |                                            94 |                                            48 |
| Meghalaya                 |                                           335 |                                           546 |
| Mizoram                   |                                           316 |                                           523 |
| Nagaland                  |                                            73 |                                           171 |
| Odisha                    |                                         47190 |                                         47729 |
| Puducherry                |                                           870 |                                           843 |
| Punjab                    |                                         42351 |                                         33808 |
| Rajasthan                 |                                        127272 |                                        121039 |
| Sikkim                    |                                           218 |                                           267 |
| Tamil Nadu                |                                         38242 |                                         38714 |
| Telangana                 |                                         32455 |                                         33727 |
| Tripura                   |                                          1128 |                                          1066 |
| Uttar Pradesh             |                                        143175 |                                        147679 |
| Uttarakhand               |                                         10147 |                                          7444 |
| West Bengal               |                                         15082 |                                         11687 |
| Total                     |                                        975565 |                                        949224 |

Note: As the NCVT-MIS portal    started    functioning from    December, 2014  only, the      State-wise  data  for  admissions  for  the  years  2012-13  and  2013-14  is  not available.

Statement referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question no. 2897

due for reply 16.12.2015. Annex-B

## Details of ITIs de-affiliated to NCVT during last three years & current year

| Sl. no.   | States/UTs       |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   Total |
|-----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1         | ANDHRA PRADESH   |         0 |         0 |         2 |         0 |       2 |
| 2         | BIHAR            |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       1 |
| 3         | GUJARAT          |         2 |         0 |         0 |         1 |       3 |
| 4         | HARYANA          |         1 |         0 |         1 |         0 |       2 |
| 5         | HIMACHAL PRADESH |         0 |         0 |         0 |        14 |      14 |
| 6         | KARNATAKA        |         0 |         1 |         0 |         0 |       1 |
| 7         | KERALA           |         1 |         4 |         1 |         0 |       6 |
| 8         | MAHARASHTRA      |         0 |         0 |         0 |         1 |       1 |
| 9         | ORISSA           |         6 |         1 |        23 |         1 |      31 |
| 10        | PUNJAB           |         0 |         5 |        36 |        11 |      52 |
| 11        | RAJASTHAN        |         1 |        10 |       106 |        26 |     143 |
| 12        | TAMIL NADU       |         3 |         0 |         5 |         0 |       8 |
| 13        | UTTAR PRADESH    |         0 |         2 |         2 |         1 |       5 |
| 14        | WEST BENGAL      |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       1 |
|           | Total            |        16 |        23 |       176 |        55 |     270 |

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