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INTRODUCTION:
The economy of
India is mainly based on agricultural processes
and products with the development of industries
at different levels. The economic situation is
varied from place to place. However, level of
unemployment with high inflation has bearing on
economic conditions. The labor market and its
requirement is also changing very fast due to
change in industrial growth in different sectors
of areas at all levels. Government is making
restructuring of education. Quality
consciousness has a special prominence in recent
years, in education sector and particularly in
technical education. Technical education
contributes substantially to the Socio Economic
development of the country as a whole. The
development sustenance of the industrial sector
is entirely dependent upon the availability of
trained manpower to perform the multidimensional
activities needed to keep the wheel of industry
running. Thus the Technical Education Department
aims towards making available these trained
technically qualified hands to serve the
industry & society. Equality of educational
opportunities and preparing highly skilled work
force for enterprises widely with excellence is
also objective of Technical Education. Technical
Education system is thus has to be flexible
enough to adopt to rapid change. Thus precise
aim of the system is to develop and transfer of
technology to user systems.
ROLE OF THE MINISTRY OF
TECHNICAL EDUCATION: Role of the
Ministry is to provide financial administrative
support for maintaining high standards in
technical education, alongwith co-ordinating at
National & international level for continuous
development in technical education and making
policies for the state level technical education
in accordance with the National Educational
Policies & Other Economic Policies. Program of
action in view of new policies has been prepared
to achieve good quality education.
ACTIVITIES
OF THE DIRECTORATE
Preamble:-
The
Technical Education System in the State
functions directly under the Technical
Education Department of Government of Himachal
Pradesh. The policy decisions of the Government
in the Technical Education sector are carried
out with the supervision of the Minister for
Technical Education. The Principal Secretary
Technical Education, through necessary executive
orders implements the scheme in the sector. The
Directorate of Technical Education is the
Administrative Department facilitating the
Government orders. Engineering Colleges,
Polytechnics, Industrial Training Institutions,
Industrial Training Centres, Vocational Training
Institutes etc are the functional units coming
under the purview of the Technical Education
System in the State. In addition to these, there
are also other collaborating units like Industry
Institute Interaction Cell, Supervisory
Development Centre, State Board of Technical
Education and Centre for Curriculum Development.
Directorate
of Technical Education:-
The
Directorate of Technical Education, Vocational
and Industrial Training, Himachal Pradesh at
Sundernagar is having the Administrative Control
of its functional units in the State. The Department
of Technical Education, Vocational & Industrial
Training is responsible for providing Technical
Education & Vocational Training in the State at
various level. i.e.
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ITI/VTC’s-
Craftsmen Trade Course for skilled worker
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Polytechnic -
Diploma Courses for middle level
technician
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Engineering/Pharmacy Colleges:-
Undergraduate/Post-Graduate in Engineering and
Technology/Pharmacy
Now the Department
of Technical Education has administrative and
financial control over the following
institutions.
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Jawhar Lal Nehru Government Engineering College
Sundernagar
. Private aided Engineering Colleges
. Government Polytechnics
. Government Women's Polytechnics
. Private Aided Polytechnics
. Industrial Training Institutes
. Industrial Training Centres
. Vocational Training Centres
. Heavy Earth Moving Operator School Una
Activities of the Department
·
Imparting Technical Education at Diploma and
Certificate level through Government and
private technical institutions like
Engineering Colleges, Polytechnics, ITIs, ITCs,
VTCs etc.
· Formulation, implementation and
monitoring of plan schemes.
· Sanctioning of salary and other grants
to Government and aided institutions.
· Recognizing private aided institutions,
which are conducting courses with the permission
of Government.
· Arranging Apprenticeship Training to
the Graduate and diploma holders in
Engineering/Technology.
· Selection of faculty for higher studies
and various courses under quality improvement
programme.
· Conduct of Diploma Examination in all
Engineering disciplines and Certificates
Examinations in certain specialized courses.
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As the Country is
moving fast from the era of Science & Technology to the era of
knowledge & information, the expectations from the Technical
Education sector have also changed leading to a significant
paradigm shift. The Department of Technical Education, Vocational &
Industrial Training continues to play an effective and significant
role in the socio-economic and Industrial development of the State.
It has made impressive progress in imparting a measure of
scientific temper to the Technical Education. 
The
need is not only to sustain but to develop a
sound system of Technical Education where
excellence, relevance and participation are the
hall marks and that the system is dedicated to
match the aims of globalization for providing
employment opportunities and growth of national
economy with creative initiatives as we face
enormous challenges on the threshold of a new
century and a new millennium.