The Department of Technical Education & Industrial Training was created on 10.06.77 in its present form after detaching the Technical Education Wing from the Department of Punjab, P.W.D. (B&R) and detaching the Industrial Training Wing from the Department of industries thereby bringing both the wings under one umbrella though each of these two Wings are more than 50 years old
The Technical Education Wing of Department of Technical Education and Industrial Training has been entrusted with the responsibility of manag ing Degree and Diploma level Institutions in the State of Punjab. The Department is looking after the Management and Pharmacy Institutions also. The work in the Department is mostlygoverned by the norms, guidelines and regulations of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) which has been established under the Central Govt. Act. The Department also looks after the work relating to Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar and Engineering Colleges fully or partially funded by the Government.
To meet the global competition, new courses like Food Technology is introduced at Diploma Level Institutes.
The Industrial Training Wing of Department of Technical Education and Industrial Training has been entrusted with the responsibility of imparting vocational training in Engineering and non-engineering trades under craftsman training scheme & App. training scheme to cater the need of the industry in respect of skilled workers. All the Industrial Training Institutes centre work under Craftsman Training Scheme of Government of India, Director - General Employment & Training under the directions of National Council of Vocational Training which is the apex body at Government of India level for coordinating development of Vocational Training in the country. Similar to the National Council for Vocational Training at Central level, State Council for Vocational Training the State level is responsible for coordinating an integrated development of Vocational Training.
Similarly, special attention is being paid to the Punjab Technical University and it is proposed to make this University as a center of excellence. Post Graduate and Post Doctoral subjects in emerging branches in technology are being planned to be started from the new financial year.
The Department of Technical Education has proposed a draft of plan proposal to the tune of total outlay of Rs. 55173.16 Lacs and 9587.80 Lacs for the 11th five year plan 2007-12. Total budget of Non-Plan 2007-2008 is Rs. 46,82,76,000/-
To further improve the quality of training for catering to the changing needs of the Industry 362 Memoranda of Understanding on Technical Education side and Memoranda of Understanding on Industrial Training side have been signed by Institute & Industry so as to make the human resources of these Technical Institutions acceptable to the Industry.
The Department is looking after 41 Engineering Colleges, 20 B. Pharmacy colleges, 62 MBA, MCA private unaided Institutions and 55 Polytechnics & 37 Pharmacy Institutions and 180 Industrial Training Institutes including the ones in the private sector. Every year a total of about 17640 Engineers, 14220 Diploma holders and about 20000 skilled manpower Industrial Training Institute level is trained.
The Technical Education wing has a total staff strength of 752 Class A&B, 675 Class C and 364 Class D in the Polytechnics and 19 Class A, 3 Class B, 75 Class C and 24 Class D in Directorate.
Industrial training wing has a total staff strength of 55 Class A, 258 class B, 2153 Class C, 1092 Class D in the ITIs and 22 Class A, 13 class B, 118 Class C, 34 Class D in the Directorate. Total Vacant posts in ITIs and Head Office are 1425 out of 3745.
A Technical Education System should not only be responsive to the new innovations in technologies, but it should also be in tune with the contemporary industrial culture and economic environments. To alleviate the feelings of the industry that the existing Technical Education System is not keeping pace with the technological advances in the related fields, the Government of Punjab has taken a number of steps for toning up the technical education vocational training systems at all levels.
The Department of Technical Education and Industrial Training is committed to bring about quality improvement, modernization and capacity expansion in the Technical Education vocational training System to fulfill the aspirations and expectations of the industry in today’s globally competitive new industrial and economic environments driven by the advanced and emerging technologies. This will also ensure better job opportunities and brighter future for the youngsters and at the same time help in achieving high productivity for the industry for facing the challenges of a new liberalized & Globalize economy.
As a major step in this direction a closer industry institute interaction is being ensured through the co-operation, support and involvement of industry in the technical training process. The syllabi of all trades in the Polytechnics & industrial training institutes have been revised and courses being offered in the engineering colleges are being updated and modified in consultation with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the experts from related industry to suit their present day needs. New courses in emerging technologies, like Plastics, Computes, Chemicals, Electronics, Fashion Design, Textiles, Garment Manufacturing & Para medical field etc., have been introduced to keep pace with the technological advancements so as to make available the suitably trained man power of high quality as also to improve the employability of the final product passing out of the technical institutions.
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