Jammu, Dec 21: Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department, Dr Asghar Hassan Samoon on Wednesday emphasized the implementation of the revised syllabus in all Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) within the next three months besides expeditious completion of new polytechnics in all the districts. He issued these directions while chairing a high-level meeting held in this regard.
MD JKPCC, Director, Skill Development Department, Chief Engineer R&B Jammu & Kashmir and other officials attended the meeting. The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development sanctioned 18 new Polytechnics during 2009-2010 for uncovered districts of Jammu and Kashmir under the “Sub-Mission on Polytechnic under Coordinated Action for Skill Development” scheme.
The meeting was informed that out of 18 Polytechnics, 9 are being constructed in the Kashmir division including Kupwara, Bandipora, Budgam, Anantnag, Baramulla, Ganderbal, Kulgam, Shopian and Pulwama. Similarly, 9 Polytechnics are being constructed in the Jammu division including Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Poonch, Udhampur, Reasi, Kathua, Samba and Rajouri.
The meeting was also informed that 2 Polytechnics of Rajouri and Pulwama districts have been established in the campus of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah and Islamic University of Science and Technology Awantipora, Pulwama respectively. Out of 18 Polytechnics, Government Polytechnic Baramulla, Anantnag, Kulgam, Budgam, Ganderbal, Bandipora, Samba, Kathua and Reasi have been shifted to newly constructed buildings while GPs of Udhampur, Shopian, Kupwara and Doda have also recently been shifted to new campuses.
The Principal Secretary asked the JKPCC and CEs of R&B Jammu and Kashmir to complete the works of Government Polytechnic buildings expeditiously so as to enable SDD to shift the Polytechnics to new campuses. He asked the executing agencies to furnish justification for additional requirement of funds along with DPR so that the proposal is recommended to the Committee constituted for revision of AA cost of the projects.
