The Directorate of Employment & Training, DET is working under the Department of Labour and Employment, Government of Gujarat. It was formed in Gujarat State in 1971 by amalgamation of the Employment Wing, functioning under the Labour Commissionerate, and the Vocational Training Scheme under the Directorate of Technical Education. In the beginning, Industrial Training Institutes were functioning under direct control and supervision of the Director General of Employment & Training (DGE&T), New Delhi, Ministry of Labour, Government of India. Since 1956 the administration of Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) under the Craftsmen Training Schemes has been transferred to the State government. Two statutes have been enacted by the Govt. of India to help in achieving the objectives of higher employment in organised sector through training. These are:
(1) The Employment Exchanges Compulsory ( Notification of
Vacancy)
Act,
1959 (C.N.V.Act)
(2) The National Apprenticeship Act, 1961.
DET functions with the major objectives of providing Vocational Training and Employment Services to the youths in Gujarat State. To achieve these objectives the DET runs a variety of long-term and short-term training programmes in Industrial Training Institutes/ Centers in the State. It also registers the youths looking for employment and provides placement services to them through Employment Exchanges that also maintain the list of prospective Employers.
The services provided by DET on this web site are as following:
As has been widely
recognized, the vocational skills can help in improving the employability
of the jobseekers. Therefore, they are also advised to use the information
on Vocational Training available under Craftsman
Training Scheme and Apprentice
Training Scheme.
Establishments in Gujarat would be required to obtain passwords
from concerned Employment
Exchanges or ITIs
for using EMI
or ATS
vacancy modules.
