In a bid to improve technical education in the State, the Department of Employment, Technical Education and Training (DoET&T) has drawn up an ambitious plan of Rs 500 crore for 2014-15.
The plan includes infrastructure development of polytechnics and setting up more universities, industrial training, employment exchanges and other institutions. Sources said part of the funds will be provided for the programme in 2014-15 budget.
According to sources, as part of the infrastructure development of the educational institutions, Rs 200 crore will be provided during 2014-15. While Rs 50 crore each will be provided to the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) and Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), ` 100 crore will be earmarked for all the five Government engineering colleges.
Similarly, in order to develop the infrastructure of polytechnics, Rs 138 crore will be spent as the demand for such institutions is on the rise. Infrastructure of the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) will be strengthened with utilisation of Rs 148 crore.
The State Government has decided to set up 24 more ITIs in the State besides the existing 29.
While there are 12,352 seats in 29 Government run colleges, it will go up to 23,400 with inclusion of these new institutions.
The State Government is harping on improvement of infrastructure and introduction of new and innovative subjects in these ITIs so that more students are attracted to the institutions.
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