In pursuance of the recommendation of the All India Council for Technical Education, the Government of India in the Ministry of Labour Resolution No. RTA-428 (5) / Dated the 22″ May, 1951, appointed a committee called the National Trade Certification Investigation Committee with instructions to prepare a scheme for the establishment of an All India Trades Board which would award certificates of proficiency to craftsmen in the various engineering and building trades
Vision
The report of this committee as also the recommendation of the Training and Employment Services Organisation Committee (Known as the Shiva Rao Committee), have been considered by the Government of India. The Government agreed with both the committees that there is need for setting up a central agency for co-ordinating the training programmers in the country bringing about uniformity of standards and awarding certificates of proficiency in craftsmanship on an All India basis, Such a step is in the interest of both the industry and the workers in as much as it ensures that the holders of National Certificates possess a minimum recognised degree of skill. In addition, if facilitates mobility of tradesmen and their employment.
Mission
The Government of India also decided to transfer the administration of the training t organisation under the Directorate General of Resettlement and Employment to the control of the State Government concerned, retaining for themselves the functions of co-ordinatingcraftsmen training and laying down the training policy.
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