Training Schemes
Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS)
The Directorate General of Training (DGT) initiated Craftsmen Training Scheme in 1950.
Training periods range from six months to two years in over 130 different specialties.
Prerequisites for the courses range from 8th to 12th class pass.
Upon completion of the training, trainees write the All India Trade Test (AITT). Successful candidates receive the National Trade Certificate (NTC).
Lateral Entry to Polytechnic Diploma Engineering .
Polytechnics approved by AICTE offer engineering courses for 3 years duration through an entrance exam known with different name in different states (JEXPO in West Bengal, JEEP in Uttarakhand, JEECUP in Uttar Pradesh, CG PPT in Chandigarh etc.). After the completion of the course candidates are awarded with diploma in different disciplines.Those who have passed minimum 2 years ITI course with National Trade Certificate are given an opportunity to go for a lateral entry directly to the 2nd year of the Polytechnic diploma course. Entrance exam known as VOCLET is conducted every year for this purpose along with the JEXPO.
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