ITI students protest
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, June 28 2016: Taking strong exception to the purported ini- tiative of the State Government to shift the Takyel Industrial Training Institute (ITI) elsewhere, students of the institute staged a protest demonstration at the gate of their campus today. ITI Students' Union finance secretary Sh Santosh said that more than 500 students are studying 34 different trades at the institute at present which was established in 1959. A section of media published a report on June 22 about the Government's move to shift ITI Takyel to ITI Phaknung after giving away all its existing infrastructure to the National In- stitute of Technology (NIT). It is a matter of serious concern for the students of ITI Takyel if the news report is true, Santosh said. Meanwhile, due preparations are being made to instal new sophisticated machines under National Craftsman and Voca- tional Training (NCVT) at ITI Takyel. Given this scenario, shifting the institute elsewhere would be a big loss for all the students, Santosh said. He then appealed to the Government to review the decision of shifting ITI Takyel elsewhere else the students would be compelled to launch different forms of agitation. Notably, ITI Takyel campus is also home to NIT and Manipur Institute of Technology (MIT) .

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