PUTIA objects Punjab Government decision to outsource Skill Development Mission to other state agencies

Mohali, January 25, 2015: PUTIA has strongly objected to the decision of the Punjab Government to hire services of private agencies from outside Punjab to provide skill development training to the poor children in the state. The Association demanded from the government to allot the skill development project to the Technical Institutions in Punjab. 

A meeting was held under the leadership of President, PUTIA, Dr. J.S Dhaliwal in this context and it was resolved to submit a representation to the state Government. A request will be made to the Chief Minister to handover the task of skill development to the Technical Institutions in the state and to utilize the amount of Rs 300 crore for this purpose through these Institutions rather than hiring new agencies from other states.

Senior Vice president, PUTIA and Chairman Doaba Group of Colleges, Manjit Singh said that 15 years back very few institutions were there in Punjab but now it has achieved great heights in the field of technical and skill based education. Eyebrows were being raised with the government decision to allot the multicrore project to outside state agencies which otherwise can give lot of financial strength to the educational institutions of Punjab.

Vice President, PUTIA and Chairman, Aryans group of Colleges, Dr Anshu Kataria said that the entrepreneurs have invested thousands of crore rupees in the infrastructure of technical institutions. These colleges are fully equipped with the latest technology with which skill development project can be easily completed. Kataria said that PSDM instead of outsourcing this project to other state agencies should use the infrastructure of these colleges.

He further added that education industry of Punjab is in trouble these years because of poor admissions. Five years back the students from Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar, Jharkhand and North East etc used to come Punjab for higher education. But now because of many new colleges and increase in seats these students have stopped coming to these affiliated colleges. Many of the Institutions have been closed down and many are on the verge of closure. PUTIA believes if these skill Development Projects are given to the Institutions of Punjab then it could surely bailout the financial crisis.