Private ITI students, owners hit streets over fee reform

  • | Wednesday | 18th July, 2018

Faced with no alternative, we hit the streets," said president of State Private ITI Association, Srinibash Subudhi. BHUBANESWAR: Students and owners of private Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) staged a rally here on Tuesday to demand a uniform fee structure. We urge the state government to streamline ITI education as skill development is very important," said Soubhagya Sahu, an aspiring ITI student.Officers at the directorate of technical education and training said the process of implementing uniform fee was being considered by the government. The participants also sought the implementation of various central schemes in the private ITIs. "We have discussed the matter several times with the government but it is not implementing the fee structure fixed by the Director General of Training - the apex body of technical education in the country - for reasons best known to it.

BHUBANESWAR: Students and owners of private Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) staged a rally here on Tuesday to demand a uniform fee structure. The rally began from Bhubaneswar Railway Station and ended at the secretariat. The participants also sought the implementation of various central schemes in the private ITIs."We have discussed the matter several times with the government but it is not implementing the fee structure fixed by the Director General of Training - the apex body of technical education in the country - for reasons best known to it. Faced with no alternative, we hit the streets," said president of State Private ITI Association, Srinibash Subudhi."There is hardly any transparency in the system. A student can't know what the fees of the other institutes are. Many feel cheated. We urge the state government to streamline ITI education as skill development is very important," said Soubhagya Sahu, an aspiring ITI student.Officers at the directorate of technical education and training said the process of implementing uniform fee was being considered by the government.

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