<p>The government has de-affiliated close to 400 ITIs after quality inspections found the institutes lacking the requisite infrastructure and trainers.<br /><br />When asked about the move, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajesh Agarwal replied in the affirmative.<br /><br />“We get (them) inspected, we see the quality of infrastructure, the trainers that should be there as per the guidelines,” said Agarwal.<br /><br />He said the skill development ministry has begun monitoring the ITIs with a view to maintaining their quality standards and also introduced voluntary self-grading by the institutes.<br /><br />“We are trying to see that centres or institutes which are not up to the mark or quality are slowly chucked out of the system,” Agarwal said.</p>
<p>The government has de-affiliated close to 400 ITIs after quality inspections found the institutes lacking the requisite infrastructure and trainers.<br /><br />When asked about the move, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajesh Agarwal replied in the affirmative.<br /><br />“We get (them) inspected, we see the quality of infrastructure, the trainers that should be there as per the guidelines,” said Agarwal.<br /><br />He said the skill development ministry has begun monitoring the ITIs with a view to maintaining their quality standards and also introduced voluntary self-grading by the institutes.<br /><br />“We are trying to see that centres or institutes which are not up to the mark or quality are slowly chucked out of the system,” Agarwal said.</p>
