Scheme for rating of ITIs in order to promote excellence in vocational training

Ministry of Labour and Employment has introduced a scheme for rating of ITIs in order to promote excellence in vocational training.  Presently there are about 12000 ITIs in the country.  The numbers of ITIs have doubled over the last about five -six years and many more ITIs are proposed to be opened within the next five 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 and 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 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 and 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
8-10 points	5 Star
6-less than 8 points	4 Star
5- less than 6 points	3 Star
Below 5 points	No rating

Courtesy: pib.nic.in