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Economic Development Policy
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TECHNICAL EDUCATION
As a result of policies of economic liberalisation and opening up of the global markets, the demand for skilled technical personnel from both the manufacturing and services sector has changed in scope and dimension.  Economic development by way of attracting industry and the services sector to the state calls for the supply of skilled and trained manpower at executive, supervisory and shop floor levels.

Investment in technical education, training and skills upgradation for ever-increasing numbers who joins the work force is a major challenge. The state government has taken a large number of measures in this direction.  These initiatives need to be strengthened and expanded.

POLICY INITIATIVES                   

The government is committed to ensuring the availability of a skilled manpower. The state will therefore endeavour to

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 Expand educational facilities to increase the opportunities available for technical education
 
» Improve the quality of education imparted at the technical institutes in the state.
 
Expansion of Educational Facilities

To cater to the growing demand for a technically skilled workforce, the state will strive to expand facilities for technical education. This will be done through 
» Increasing the number of seats in existing institutions: There has been a substantial increase in the intake capacity of the institutes in the state. The state government will liaison with AICTE to continue this trend of increasing the capacity of existing institutions. The government will also strive for addition of newer disciplines in these institutions.
 
» Encouraging the setting up of new facilities for technical education: The state government shall strive to create a conducive environment for private sector participation in creating new facilities for technical education. The government has already initiated this process by substantially enhancing the tuition fees at the government run institutions and making them autonomous.
 
Ensuring Quality of Education: The quality of education being imparted at the institutions in the state is a major area of concern for the government. It has initiated a large number of steps to address this concern. The key initiatives of the government are
» Establish Rajiv Gandhi Technology University at the apex level: This university will discharge the role of an examining body and will also function as the centre for curriculum and faculty development.  One of its major endeavours shall be to concentrate on expanding opportunities for continuing education and training, especially for the teaching faculty in the engineering colleges and polytechnics of the state. This will go a long way in improving the quality of education imparted at the technical institutes.
 
» Improving the infrastructure of the institutions: To ensure the availability of good quality infrastructure the autonomous institutes have been allowed to retain the fees collected to upgrade and improve the facilities. Infrastructure in forty polytechnics has also been strengthened to improve the delivery of academic services. Efforts will be made to create facilities for imparting technical education in all disciplines through an e-learning model.
 
» Establishing Centres of Excellence in various disciplines: The Rajiv Gandhi Technological University shall be developed as a centre of excellence in the field of IT and other related disciplines. Select engineering colleges and polytechnics will also be converted into centres of excellence to ensure the availability of good quality technical manpower.
 
MEDICAL EDUCATION
» The Government will encourage private sector participation in setting up medical colleges.
 
» 9 medical colleges, 12 dental colleges and 9 nursing colleges are proposed to be established by the private sector.
 
» A Para Medical Council is proposed to be constituted in the state. This will enable the setting up of Paramedical Training Institutes by private sector players.
 
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

An essential requirement for the growth of industry in Madhya Pradesh is the availability of skilled manpower. Institutes engaged in imparting vocational education cater to this need of the industry. A large number of students opt for a traditional bachelors’ degree in Arts, Commerce or Science. At the end of three years they realise that they have a degree in hand but no employment. This leads to a mass of educated unemployed youth. Vocational Education on the other hand focuses on imparting skills that are in demand by the industry and thus ensures availability of jobs for its students.
POLICY INITIATIVES                

The state government is committed to improving the quality and content of education being imparted in vocational institutes. The government will strive to introduce new courses and upgrade the course content of the existing courses to bring them in line with the emerging trends and technologies. The government also proposes to involve the industry in designing the courses for these institutes. It has therefore initiated the following:
» To address the question of relevance and capacity of the existing framework of technical education and propose changes for catering to future requirements the state government has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Dr. H.P.Dikshit, Vice-Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University.  The committee has been asked to submit proposals for the revamp of the technical and vocational educational sectors in the state.
 
» Another committee headed by Dr. P.B.Sharma, Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi Technical University has examined the working of ITIs and gone into the different trades for which training is offered at these institutions.  It has identified trades that have lost relevance and those disciplines in which facilities need to be expanded. An action plan to implement these recommendations has been prepared and is being implemented.
 
Based on the reports from the two committees, the government will take steps to revamp the vocational training sector. Emphasis shall be placed on quality enhancement by creating modern infrastructure instead of adding to capacity in existing trades.  Facilities shall be added under new disciplines like IT, computer hardware, industrial and consumer electronics, medical equipment and laboratory applications, biotechnology related skills etc.  A massive programme for continuing education especially for the faculty of the ITIs shall be undertaken by creating modern training facilities.

IT EDUCATION
Use of Information Technology in work-life has become a key requirement in this information age and the emerging "new economy". Over seventy percent of workers in developed economies are information workers, i.e. use information technology during work or production. Experts believe that over ninety percent jobs in the 21st century would require IT proficiency.

 POLICY INITIATIVES                     

Availability of trained and skilled human resources is a pre-requisite for the development of the IT industry and for expanding IT applications in the state. The state government is committed to improving the quality and availability of trained manpower in the state. To ensure the availability of a talent pool in the state, the government is proposing the following initiatives.
 
» A Centre Of Excellence In Information Technology: The government proposes to establish a centre of excellence in Information Technology at the Rajiv Gandhi Technology University in collaboration with leading private sector companies like IBM, Oracle etc. Roles and responsibility of the Institute are envisaged as
» Ensuring Excellence in Education , Research and Application of IT
 
» Producing Quality manpower of international standards.  
» Upgrading the curriculum and providing training to the faculty of the other IT Institutes
 
» Conducting Research and Development with special focus on Commercial Applications
 
»  Establishing a strong relationship with the industry
 
A committee has been constituted to co-ordinate, network and attract private sector participants.
 
» Increasing the number of seats in Computer Science: The number of seats at the diploma and degree levels have been increased substantially to 5000 at present. The number of seats available under the MCA programme have been increased to approximately 1800.
 
» Computer Training in government schools and colleges: To ensure wide spread computer literacy in the state the government has initiated computer training in government run academic institution through a tie-up with a private sector player. This project has resulted in IT training courses being conducted in 233 government schools and 137 government colleges at very reasonable costs.  The government proposes to expand the coverage of this project to include other government run schools and colleges also.
 
» Institute for providing training for IT Enabled Services: To attract the ITES industry to the state, the government has established an IT enabled services training centre at Bhopal. Similar centres are planned at Indore and Gwalior.
 

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