Haryana Skill Development and Industrial Training Department on Thursday said it has signed MoUs with over dozen industries to provide training to students of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) so that they could meet the skilled workforce requirement of the industry.

Director, Skill Development and Industrial Training Department, Prabhjot Singh said that the State has introduced Dual System of Training (DST) in 27 ITIs, wherein 70 trade Units have been started to enable industry linkages and to provide hands-on experience to students on the latest machinery and technologies.

Currently, around 1,300 students are enrolled under the scheme. The Department is planning to introduce at least five DST courses in each District in the State next year. He said that the DST is an amalgamation of theoretical training through ITIs and practical through the industry. The students will get on-the-job training ranging from 6 months to 12 months in the Industries. With this, the prospects of trainees getting jobs will improve manifold.

He said, “It was a long- pending demand of the Industry associations that the ITI pass outs should have adequate knowledge about the latest machinery and should be conversant with the work environment in the Industry.”

The Director said to reduce the gap between the trainee’s learning outcomes and the Industry’s requirements, the Department has given a special attention to DST scheme. He said since the programme had started recently, the Department would review its performance after every three months.