Mohammad Salamat, who is looking for a job after completing two years of electronics mechanics from an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Delhi last year, says, “I have given interviews at Maruti Suzuki, Hitachi and Samsung. I also sent my resume to the local equipment manufacturers of Indore, but there was no success from anywhere.
The majority of the companies Salamat has applied to have cited a lack of much experience or said that their curriculum is not up to the job requirement.
Students like Salamat, who have graduated from technical training institutes, complain that employers in the region do not value ITI degrees and are reluctant to hire ITI or other short-term skill training institute students. Some employers agree with this.
“If we need new tailors or knitting and tailoring experts, we first approach the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) or any other private institute,” says a senior executive of a leading Gurugram-based men’s clothing brand. Will turn There practical training is good.
Though no academic course can match the on field experience, but we have observed that students from these institutes can understand our job requirements better than those from ITIs.’
According to the placement data available on the National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) portal, of the 1,919,788 trainees who passed out in 2022, only 86 were placed. Out of 7.5 lakh trainees who passed out from ITIs across the country in 2021, only 839 could get jobs.
BLiTZ spoke to teachers from Delhi, Meerut and Agra. He said that these figures are not completely accurate as students are expected to report their job placements on the portal or to their institute. Many students do not do this.
Thus the NCVT placement figure for each ITI is less than the actual placement. Yet experts say that the huge number of trainees does not make up for the lack of large scale placements in NCVT numbers.
Sunita Kumari (name changed on request), who has enrolled in three different skill-development courses at the Tata Power Skill Development Institute in India (TPSDI) in the last six months, says, ‘It’s a good situation. It is training us in the skills required to work in our factory as well as in the workshops. Apart from this, I have Tata brand name on my resume. Due to this, I have received offers from companies not only in Delhi-NCR but also from Bangalore and Jamshedpur.
Kumari also says that many of her old classmates who graduated from ITI are still looking for jobs. It has been more than a year since he received his degree. However, many of his TPSDI classmates and seniors have either been retained by Tata Power or have got quick jobs in other companies. However, even experts agree that there are some big challenges that need to be addressed.
