Human Resource
Development
With more young people in education there is a need to prepare a generation of
highly educated and skilled youth. Gujarat has a vibrant manufacturing sector.
Investors Summits being held every two years have led to setting up of many
industrial units. To meet with the ever increasing demand for world-class skilled
man power, vocational training is being given through a pool of 649 vocational
institutes spread across all 225 talukas of the State.
New ITIs
Kaushalya Vardhan Kendras
All talukas in the State have at least one ITI with the total capacity of 12,786 seats. In the
current year it is planned to start 10 new ITIs with 5 ITIs exclusively for women. It is also
planned to construct 50 new buildings of ITIs for which a provision of Rs.75 crore has
been made.
This scheme’s objective is to take vocational training to rural areas by following a cluster
approach and concentrating on RURBAN locations. 300 Kaushalya Vardhak Kendras are
functioning across the state and imparting training based on WISH concept (Women
oriented, Industry related, Soft skills, Hardcore traditional courses). Courses are selected
according to local requirements and are of short term duration.
So far 3,31,347 candidates have been trained, of which
1,87,174 are women. In the current year it is proposed
to start 30 more KVKs in tribal areas and 5 KVKs for
physically disabled persons.
