Directorate of Employment and Craftsmen Training, Assam

The Directorate of Employment & Craftsmen Training, Assam under the Skill Employment and Entrepreneurship Department, Govt. of Assam have three wings namely:

• Craftsmen Training scheme
• Employment Service scheme
• Apprenticeship Training

This Directorate is providing training avenues through different Govt. ITIs of the state under Craftsman Training Scheme of Government of India, with the following objectives:

• To provide semi skilled/skilled workers to industry by systematic training.
• To reduce unemployment among educated youths by equipping them with suitable skills for Industrial Employment & self Employment.

Director General of Training under the directions of National Council of Vocational Training which is the apex body at Government of India level for coordinating development of Vocational Training in the country. The NCVT certificates are issued to the passed out trainees of NCVT trades. Similar to the National Council for Vocational Training at Central level, State Council for Vocational Training at the State level is responsible for coordinating an integrated development of Vocational Training. The SCVT certificates are issued to the passed out trainees of SCVT trades.

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, an organization of Government of India under Union Ministry of Information Communication & Technology for providing ICT based solutions to Government and Semi-Government organizations, has been entrusted to accomplish the task of Software development, launching of Web based Online off campus counseling for admissions to all the courses being running in all the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in the State.