DGT-MSDE announces result of 110th All India Trade Test for Apprentices
DGT-MSDE announces result of 110th All India Trade Test for Apprentices
Chennai, December 29, 2020:The Directorate General of Training (DGT) operatingunder the aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has announced the result of the 110th All India Trade Test (AITT) for apprentices. The examinationwas conducted in September 2020 that engaged close to 7,300 industries in over 200 trades.Nearly 96,000 candidates appeared for AITT out of which over 50,000 candidates passed the exam. The overall percentages of girls and boys who passed are 58.41% and 51.44% respectively, which stands testimony toincreasing female participation in apprenticeship. Km. Sneha, IHMCT, Panipat-Haryana topped the evaluation scoring 95.96% in the National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC). Kalyan Rana, Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd, West Bengal and Thiruselvam M, BHEL-Pudukottai-Tamil Nadu ranked 2nd and 3rd in the examination respectively.
After completion of apprenticeship training, an evaluation through All India Trade Test (AITT) for National App renticeship Certificate (NAC) is conducted twice in a year. AITT is a skill-oriented evaluation done by DGT and the industry,and it requires continuous practice, dedication, devotion, and hardwork to succeed. DGT-MSDEce rtifies apprenticeship training in association with establishments and industry to make youth across the country employable by providing them relevant industry exposure.This training is under the Apprentices Act, 1961 and supported through National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS). The training is as per the course curr iculum designed by the DGT in the designatedtrades, that provides an apprenticethe opportunity to receive on-the-job training by key players in the industry and get stipend.
Apprenticeship has been recognized as an effective way to empower young people to smoothly shift from school and college to work whilst at the same time improving links between industry and training institutions. The Na ional Apprenticeship Programme plays a large part in the task of up-skilling India’s workforce, offering the op portu nity to share costs among different parties (employers, individuals and the government) and to involve gover nments, employers and workers in partnership. Apprenticeship is a win-win situation both
for industry and youth in coming together to help make the vision of ‘Skilled India’ a reality in future.
