Ministry of Labour & Employment has
introduced a scheme for rating of ITIs in order to promote excellence in
vocational training. Presently there are nearly 12,000 ITIs in
India. The numbers of ITIs have doubled over the last nearly 5 to 6 years
and many more ITIs are proposed to be opened within the next 5 years.
With such a vast rate of growth, it was felt
necessary to introduce quality assurance system for these
institutions. The rating scheme can provide a benchmark for comparison
amongst various institutes & trades offered therein. It is also expected to
bring a differentiating factor for institutions leading to increased market
competition and thereby quality improvement in laggard institutions so that
they would remain competitive.
The rating will also help students and
employers by serving as a formal recognition from the Government about a
specified level of quality of training and facilities. In the normative fee structure for private
ITIs, 20% extra fee has been permitted for ITIs who are rated 5 star or 4 star.
In order to ensure quality of vocational
training in ITIs, decision of compulsory re-affiliation of ITIs after five
years has also been taken by National Council on Vocational Training
(NCVT).
NCVT may not award certificates to students
of ITIs admitted from August, 2015 session onwards which were affiliated before
2009 and do not seek re-affiliation with NCVT by July, 2015.
Rating system will
serve as a management tool to identify problem areas & design appropriate
policy intervention. The salient points are as under:
(a) It is voluntary for the NCVT
affiliated ITIs.
(b) The rating of institute will be
valid for a period of two years.
(c) Fee for the rating process will not
be regulated. However, the rating
agencies will disclose the fees charged to a specific institute.
Following agencies
have been empanelled on pilot basis:
(1)
ICRA Limited
(2)
Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited (CRISIL)
(3)
NABET, Quality Council of India (QCI)
The rating mechanism
will be as under:
(i) .ITIs will be rated at the Trade & Institute level.
(ii).The combined rating of all trades in the institute will be
calculated on weighted average method.
(iii).Parameters of Trades & Institute are split as: TRADE –
70% and INSTITUTE – 30%
(iv). The weighted average rates as described
above for Trade and Institute will be converted into a 0 to 10 points
scale. The ratings will be awarded
based on the number of points as below:
|
Total Points
|
Rating
|
|
8 to 10 points
|
5
Star
|
|
6 less than 8 points
|
4
Star
|
|
5 less than 6 points
|
3
Star
|
|
Below 5 points
|
No
rating
|
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