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Extension Services & Consultancy


The Scheme of ‘Community Development through Polytechnics’(CDTP) has been launched by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, Department of Higher Education. 

 

National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training & Research, Kolkata (NITTTR-Kol) has been declared as the Resource Centre for the Scheme of Community Development through Polytechnic in the respective region. The necessary technical & academic inputs are provided to the identified Polytechnics of the different States / Union Territories by the Department of Community Development & Rural Technology (CDRT), NITTTR-Kol.

 

The Department of CDRT, NITTTR-Kol is also entrusted with the responsibility of regular monitoring & implementation of the Scheme. It provides the interface between organized Technical Education provided by the polytechnic system & need based, location specific, community oriented vocational programme in non-formal sector through the Scheme of ‘Community Development through Polytechnics’.  The Scheme enhances effective liaison between various nodal organizations in the District and the Polytechnic through the CDRT Department.

 

At present, MHRD, New Delhi has selected 69 Polytechnics, 17 have been provisionally selected & 7 has been newly added, a total of 93 Polytechnics in the Scheme of Community Development through Polytechnics.

 

The unorganized sector of the Country needs to increase the productivity of its manpower for its survival and growth.  There is an urgent need to train millions of persons every year through a country wide network for non-formal skill development.The training may be imparted by the selected Polytechnics through the Scheme.

 

The main objectives of the Scheme are given below which may be achieved through the Polytechnic’s Main Centre & the Extension Centers:


  • To carry out Need Assessment Surveys  to assess the technology and training needs;
  • To impart Skill Development Training to the intended target groups;
  • To disseminate Appropriate Technologies for productivity enhancement;
  • To provide Technical and Support Services to rural masses and slums dwellers;
  • To create Awareness among the target groups about technological advancement and contemporary issues of importance

The Scheme for ‘Integrating Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the Mainstream of Technical and Vocational Education’ formulated in accordance with the Indian National Policy on Education (1986) and PWD Act (1995) was initiated by the Govt. of India through the Ministry of Human Resource Development in the year 2000.

 

For effective implementation of the Scheme, 50 Polytechnics from different regions of India were identified by the Expert Group, which included 12 polytechnics of the Eastern Region of the India.  The Department is entrusted with the responsibility of monitoring the implementation of the Scheme through these polytechnics as also recommending the names of other polytechnics for further strengthening of the Scheme depending upon the progress of Scheme.