BERHAMPUR: As many as 41 girl students of the Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Berhampur, on Saturday joined a mobile phone manufacturing company in Telangana.
Another feather in the cap of these students, like Kajal Rani Goud of B Padmanavpur under Digapahandi block in Ganjam district, is that they have got jobs before the declaration of the result of the All India Trade Test (AITT) held on January 18. The test is conducted by the Directorate General of Training under the aegis of the National Council for Vocational Training, for students who have completed a two-year course at the ITIs. “I am very much happy as I got the job just three days after appearing for the test,” said Kajal.
“It is the first time such a large number of girl students from the ITI got jobs in a private company at the same time,” said Rajat Kumar Panigrahy, principal, ITI Berhampur.
He said these girls had been selected by the company in the campus recruitment week conducted by the ITI last month, where as many as 1,403 students got jobs. In 2017, as many as 32 girl students had got jobs in a Pune-based automobile company after being selected during campus recruitment.
“I was very much worried over my future after completing the two-year ITI course. But I was lucky to get a job as soon as the test was completed,” said Padmita Raita of Bursungi in Gajapati district.
“Each of the girls will get over Rs 12,000 monthly salary along with free accommodation and food,” the principal said. “They might switch to other companies with bigger salaries after getting experience,” he added.
“One of our staff accompanied the girls in a train to Guntur in Telangana. He coordinated in their joining and accommodation,” Panigrahy said.
