W L Rajkumar, a 25-year-old from Arunachal Pradesh, has recently joined the Don Bosco Technical Institute (DBTI) based in Okhla in New Delhi for a course in mechanical draughtsmanship. Rajkumar has flown all the way from Papum Pare, the only district in Arunachal with two government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), to join the private technical institute.
According to data on the portal of the National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT), the ITI in Yupia, Papum Pare, has admitted only 90 students against 268 seats. The other ITI in the same district, located in Sagalee, shows that not even one student