To ensure better job avenues for the students of technical education institutes in accordance with the changing trends of the industrial sector at both the national and international level, Punjab Government is mulling changing the curriculum of these institutes.

“A new system would soon be put into place for better and innovative practical training of the students,” said the state Technical Education and Industrial Training Minister Charanjit Singh Channi after discussing the issue at length during a high level meeting with the state Industries and Commerce Minister Sunder Sham Arora and higher officials of both the departments.

For the same, the senior officials of the Technical Education and the Industries Department would soon prepare a draft of the proposed new system which would be forwarded to the Union Government after consultations with the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh.

The issue pertaining to the change in courses of Government Technical Education institutions would be taken up with the Director General Training and that of the Government Polytechnic and Engineering colleges with the All India Council of Technical Education.

The Technical Education Minister expressed strong hope that the Union Government would okay the proposal keeping in mind the future of the students.

Channi, during the meeting, said that three to six months training is necessary for the students of the technical education institutes to be prepared for the jobs in keeping with the demands of the emerging trends in the industrial sector.

The issue of students being imparted with just one month practical training was also discussed in a very minute manner.