Himalayan Times (1962)

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Himalayan Times

April 1, 1962

having their own training
programmes. A propor-
tion of skilled and semi-
skilled workers are also
trained through traditional
methods, the skill being
imparted from father to
son. The facilities to be
provided by the Indus-
trial (.'raining Institutes
are, therefore, smaller in
numbers, but gradually
the trend woulu be to
increase these and it is
hoped that once the em-
ployment position in rela-
tion to the development
of industries is fairly well-
known, facilities oould be
created for additional
training. For this purpose,
the National Council for
''raining in Vocational
Trades have appointed a
Co-ordination Committee
with representatives of
different Ministries and
the Planning Commission
with a view to reviewing
the position of training
Jaoilitiea in a coordinated
way from time to time
and assess and make sug-
gestions for new develop
ments and requirements
of training facilities in
different seotors They
will also keep, themselves
informed of the ways in
whioh training facilities
are offered iu different
seotors and in industrial
both in public and private
sectors. This will result
in the steps to be taken
to see that adequate train-
ing is provided in different
institutions with a view
to bringing about a dy-

namic relationship bet-
ween the out-turn of the
institutions and the re-
quirements of industries
and other economic acti-
vities quantitatively and
qualitatively.

It has to ■ be recog-
nised that purpose of
vocational trade and in-
dustrial education are to
prepare youth and adults
for entering into profit-
able employment in indus-
try through training and
instruction in skills and
through technioal and
other information The
oourset and instruction
for this purpose must be
based upon the needs of
local industries for workers
and must meet the needs
and desires of students
at the time they are in -
training. Special courses
will have to be introdu-
ced from time lo time in
relation to specific needs
and the content of ins
truction will also undergo
various changes and could
be determained through
information frcm local in-
dustries and industrial
workers Suoh information
has to be kept current
through' a continuous pio-
grmme of' industrial e.in-
tact, j

Various types of train-
ing have also been visuali-
sed, e.g. the pre employ-
ment or preparatory tiain-
ing for youth or adults
who have no previous
experience in the occu-
pations they desire to
enter. Secondly, employed

persons preparing to do
better work in their occu-
pations require extension
or Upgrading of training.
This helps them to broaden
their knowledge and im-
prove their skills with a
view to their desire to
assume greater responsi-
bility for production work.
Thirdly, there oan , be
training for special res-
ponsibilities in supervision
and some kind of leader-
ship in different positions
in industries.

Another point to be
considered is the adjust-
ment of training pro-
grammes in relation , to
the total school education.
The technioal bias has
been provided by the
teohnioal stream in multi-
purpose schools whose
number is 2116 by the
end of the Second Plan
in a total number of
16,600 seoondary sohools.
These will rise to 2446
in a total number of 21,eXi0
high and higher secondary
. schools by the end of
Third Plau. Besides, ju-
nior technical sohools will
be established in the 'I bird
Plan as adjuncts to poly-
technics. During the Se-
oond 1 Ian. 38 such schools
were established -as an
experimental measure and
9:i more junior technical
sohools will be established
during the Third Plan.
Technical institutions for
girls and women are also
being provided in the
plans of the' States. Stu-
dents at the seoondary