Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik on Thursday said that the admission process for industrial training institutes (ITIs) will begin on August 1 and applications will be available online.
The admission process will be conducted in a centralised manner online this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the skill development minister said in an official statement.
Applications will be available on the website https://admission.dvet.gov.in, the statement said.
"All the information about when ITIs will reopen will be shared later keeping in mind the lockdown-related government rules. For now, only the admission process will be initiated online," the release quoted Malik as saying.
As per the release, candidates who have cleared or failed in Class 10 examination are eligible to seek admission to ITIs.
A candidate who has this minimum educational qualification or higher than that and is above 14 years of age can apply, it was stated.
There are 417 government ITIs with 92,556 seats in 358 talukas of Maharashtra.
Apart from this, the state also has 569 private ITIs that can admit 53,272 candidates annually.