By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: In order to arrest the migration of youths in Balangir, the division of Higher Education (DHE) has determined to permit the opening of an industrial coaching institute (ITI) on the premises of the mannequin diploma faculty which is developing within the district. The ITI is being arrange in Jogimunda below migration-prone Patnagarh sub-division. On Tuesday, the division wrote to the Skill Development authorities to provoke work in order that part of the school constructing could be handed over to the latter for the aim.
Earlier, the state authorities had allowed using campuses of mannequin diploma faculties (MDCs) to supply talent coaching and vocational schooling to college students. In 2018, the Ministry of Education below its Model Degree College Scheme had first sanctioned Rs 6 crore every for Balangir, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Kalahandi, Koraput and Kandhamal districts below Rashtriya Uchchattar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA 2.0) for the institution of MDCs. In Odisha, whereas 8 MDCs are at present working in Boudh, Deogarh, Malkangiri, Nayagarh, Nabarangpur, Khariar, Rayagada and Sonepur, the ninth one is developing at Balangir over 5 acres of space. It will probably be accomplished by August-September this 12 months.
Collector Chanchal Rana knowledgeable that the Patnagarh sub-division consists of Patnagarh, Kharakhol and Belpada blocks which see a lot of educated youths migrating to different states for livelihood as a result of non-availability of different talent coaching by means of academic establishments. “Through this ITI, we plan to train these youths in various trades so that they can be employed. To begin with trades like plumbing and fitting will be opened,” he added.
