In a bid to create more women technocrats, the State Government has decided to extend reservation facilities for women candidates in all the technical institutes of the State.Henceforth, all the private engineering college and schools will adhere to the principle of giving reservation to women candidates. Earlier, the reservation facilities were available in 25 Government Industrial Training Institutes (ITI), seven engineering colleges and 13 engineering schools. The facilities would be extended to all other technical institutes of the State.Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, Director, Technical Education Srikant Paikray said all the Engineering Colleges, Schools, Industrial Training Institutes (ITI), Poly-techniques and Industrial Training Centre (ITC) will have to reserve 30 per cent seats for the girls students.
The State now boasts of 317 private ITIs, 41 private engineering colleges, 25 engineering schools and poly techniques. Henceforth, 30 per cent seats of the total 48,783 seats of these institutes would be reserved for women candidates.Paikray further said that steps would be taken to engage all the students passing out from all technical institutes. He further said the Government has accorded Centre of Excellence to the 11 ITIs to encourage technical education in the State.Meanwhile, the Government has been able to connect two ITIs and 10 engineering schools through EDUSAT programme. The Central hub of the EDUSAT has already been established in the Biju Patnaik Film and Television Institutes. An MoU to this effect has already been inked with the ISRO to this effect.Paikray further said that 5 per cent seats would be reserved for the passed out students of the engineering schools who will evince interest to take admission in the engineering colleges.Computer software giant Infosys has evinced interest to take up more number of students in its firm. "An MoU will be signed to this effect soon," he said.
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