Thousands of ITI students converge in Delhi demanding pending examination

The examination of nearly 40 lakh ITI students has not been completed.

Thousands of Industrial Training Institute (ITI) students have gathered at Jantar Mantar in Delhi demanding their term examination which is pending for over a year now. The students are demanding that they should be promoted on the basis of past performance and practical marks or open-book exams and declare the result immediately.

Students have come to Delhi as they stating that the future of 40 lakh ITI Students is at stake as DGT ignores six-point demands of All India ITI Organization and has also violated Odisha High Court orders.These students are also demanding that enrollment closed in the third shift should be started immediately and the third shift should be restored immediately.

All India ITI Students and ITI Director Joint Organization from all corners of the country concluded a regional and national level padayatra against the “dogmatic” and “oppressive” policies of DGT at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.

President of All India ITI Organization, Dr. B.S. Tomar said: “Our 6 point demands to sum up that the continuously exploited students should get their rights fulfilled immediately. ITI students regular and old students examination from 2014 to 2020 session which is conducted from November 2020 and still in almost India year. The examination of 40 lakh students has not been completed, so the result should be declared as soon as possible on the basis of promotion or OMR system or practical and ED examination. Private Institutes (ITIs) should be closed with oppressive/exploitative policies. The conspiracy has given rise to the corporate which is a betrayal with the lakhs of students.”

Dr. Deepak, who came from Bihar, said, "The enrollment process was disrupted by the DGT by closing the 3rd shift citing Covid, due to which 6.50 lakh ITI seats have been lost, and lakhs of instructors/staff have become unemployed. Whereas adequate vaccination has also been done and all schools, colleges and public institutions and places have also been opened. Then why discrimination against ITI institutions? Therefore, the second demand of the organization is that the enrollment closed in three shifts should be started immediately and stay reinstated."

Shailendra Pratap Singh Rajawat, Organiser, Padyatra Satyagraha Andolan, said, "The mandatory requirement of 4-Trades on old running ITI institutions should be abolished with immediate effect and the ban on grading from old ITIs should also be removed immediately."

The people associated with TITs are claiming that the unnecessary and bizarre implementation of policies has hit the skill India mission of PM Modi. “There is a dire need to rectify this. It is noteworthy that the Hon'ble High Court of Odisha has ordered DGT to conduct theory exams without any further ado. But DGT has not obeyed the HC which is a contempt,” said Debashish Acharya, General Secretary of Odisha unit.

Jitendra Singh Bhadauria, State President of ITI Electrician Trade and Students Federation, who came from Gwalior, said, “Since last November, the results of ITI students from the session 2014 to 2017 and students from 2018 to 2020 are pending for one year. The two-year ITI has not been completed even in four years, so by requesting all the institute operators for the padayatra satyagraha movement, they are involved in the joint participation by starting the padayatra.

The last and the sixth demand of the organization is that the examination fee has been increased from Rs 75 to Rs 376, which should be reduced with immediate effect and the distance of the examination centre should be kept within a radius of 20 kilometres so that the economically weaker students can be accommodated.

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