Cuttack: Despite scores of uncertified IT education and training institutes in Jagatpur area minting money from students, most of whom remain jobless after completion of training, the administration has scant regard to the crucial issue, according to sources.
One such institute sans certification came to light recently after a student lodged a complaint against the institution. Acting on the complaint of the student, Anmol Samantray, a resident of Minabazar area of Dhenkanal, police swung into action arrested the director of the institute named TCIL Monday.
The arrested, identified as Ranjan Kumar Das, hails from Kacheripada village in Howrah district of West Bengal.
“The college has not obtained the approval from the State Council of Technical Education and Vocational Training. The students passed out from the institute are under utter frustration as they neither got any job offer from reputed companies nor from the government-owned firms as the certificates issued by the institute are proved to be invalid,” Anmol alleged.
On the basis of the complaint, police registered a case against the institute under Section 420 of IPC.
According to the complaint, the college was set up in 2013 and 44 students took admission in 2017-18 academic year. During the admission, the college authorities had given the assurance of placement to the students after completion of their courses.
In the meantime, some students learnt that the certificates issued by the institute are not valid to get a job. Later, they talked to the college authorities. However, the authorities could not come up with any satisfactory answers.
“The institute has pushed our career into darkness. The institute authorities have taken Rs 28,500 for admission and Rs 30,000 for training from us,” some students alleged.
“Following the complaint of the student, we had written to the director of technical education and training (DTET) to know whether TCIL has government approval or not. The DTET authorities made it clear that the state government did not certify the institute,” the police said.
“We had asked the director of TCIL to furnish necessary documents regarding the recognition of the institute. However, he failed to do so,” the police said.
Later, a team led by Badambadi inspector-in-charge Biranchi Narayan Pati nabbed the director.
