Commissionerate Of Employment And Training

The Commissionerate of Employment & Training CET 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. At present 263 Govt.ITIs 475 Grant-in-aid & Self-Financed ITCs 335 KVKs(Kaushalya Vardhan Kendra) 617 VTPs (Vocational Training Provider) and 41 Employment Exchanges are functioning under this Commissionerate. Two statutes have been enacted by the Govt. of India to help in achieving the objectives of higher employment in organised sector through training. CET functions with the major objectives of providing Vocational Training and Employment Services to the youths in Gujarat State. To achieve these objectives the CET 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 Commissionerate of Employment & Training Government of Gujarat has been in the forefront of implementing various skill-building programs with the aim of helping people get jobs. At present 41 employment exchanges are functioning under this Commissionerate to assist around 8.99 lakh people registered with employment exchanges. During the year 2012 2.46 lakh people received employment through fully computerized Employment Exchanges. Employment Exchanges in the state have been chasing the placement of the registrants with the employers in the affective manner with the innovative approaches of industrial recruitment rallies in industrial areas of the state and with the close liaison with the employers.