Technical education deptt without Deputy Director for last two months

Number of files pending for approval

Technical education deptt without Deputy Director for last two months

Yash Khajuria

JAMMU, Nov 20: In what could be termed as apathetic attitude of the government the post of Deputy Director- Technical Education is still vacant despite the fact that the last deputy director got superannuated about two months back.

Sources said that internal bickering within the department is responsible for the delay as several lobbies are active to place their man at the top post, which decide over granting approval to various technical course, being set up by private educationists.

People have alleged that due to the vacant post of the officer in the office, their official works are getting delayed by every passing day for past three and half months but nobody is there to redress their issues in the department concerning and they have to undergo into the state of suspense and dilemma that why the authorities are not deputing a successor to the vacant post for so long.

“There were a total of 21 Industrial Training Institutes (ITI's) and 2 Polytechnics in the State at the time of the creation of the Directorate and with the growth and diversification of the activities of the Department, the number now stands at 37 ITI's and 12 Polytechnics and work has suffered”, said a source.

However, Director, Technical Education S.C Sawhney when contacted said that they have sent the proposal to the government and it is the government which has to take decision.

“Government has to decide on the issue, we have asked them to place a competent officer so that work does not suffer. Hope post will be filled soon’, Sawhney said.

 Sawhney said that till new official takes charge of the post  he is himself attending the office on regular and efforts are being made to complete the pending files so that people don’t have to suffer.

“But if anybody have faced the inconvenience interim this period, they may appear in front of me I will try my best to put right their issues”, he said.

The minister for Technical education for state R.S. Chib could not be contacted for the official version despite many attempts.

The Directorate of Technical Education was established in the year 1981 by the creation of a unified body for the administration and control of the Institutions imparting Technical/ Vocational Trainings in the State. The integration was felt necessary to co-ordinate the related training activities and to affect more efficient utilization of the mutual resources for the overall development of the training scenario in the State.