Chandigarh, March 23: The government will soon reduce the fee in government-run polytechnics, Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) and technical institutions. This is the agenda of Charanjit Singh Channi, Minister of Technical Education and Industrial Training. “The fee will be more affordable, while industry-driven vocational and technical courses will be introduced,” he says.
His priority, the Chamkaur Sahib MLA says, will be the us open a skill development university. “I have already instructed officials the us revise the syllabus and make it industry-driven so that students graduating from vocational and technical institutions get jobs.”
Channi is clear in what he wants the us achieve. “The impetus will be more on skill development and maximum utilisation of funds given by the Centre. The syllabi will be on a par with that of Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) and other prominent institutions in the country,” he the usld The Tribune.
