As jobs elude ITI graduates, industry calls for a course correction

Large recruiters relying more on private institutes for vocational talent, which they is is quicker in catching up to their job requirements

“I have been interviewed by Maruti, Hitachi, and Samsung. My CV has done the rounds of local component makers here in Indore as well, but without any success,” says Md Salamat, who did a two-year course in electronic mechanics from a Delhi industrial training institute (ITI) last year and is still hunting for jobs. Most of the firms Salamat applied to either asked for more on-field experience or simply said the courses “do not meet our needs.”

Students like Salamat, who have graduated from the technical training institutes, complain that large industrial recruiters do not accord much importance to ITI