Mahavira Jain Vidyalaya Rajat Jayanti Mahotsava

Author(s): Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya Mumbai
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay

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K. L. MEHTA
(M. J. VIDYALAYA
We have the following institutions providing industrial and technical education. (1) Engineering College at Rurki, Guindy, Sibpur, Poona,
Maclagan College of Engineering, Moghalpura, and Bihar Existing
College of Engineering. (2) Specialised institutions :-.Facilities.
Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute, Bombay ; Technologi
cal Institute, Cawnpore : Mining School, Dhanbad ; Bengal Tanning Institute ; Dufferin Apprentice School ; Jamshedpur Technical Institute ; Department of Chemical Technology, Bombay ; Weaving Institute at Poona. Over and above these we have a number of industrial and technical schools in various provinces owned or aided by the Government. We have also apprentice schemes in the State railways workshops and in cotton mills and other factories. Recently in Bombay, some High Schools have been converted into technical schools.
There is a system of State Technical Scholarships for study abroad. After the Reforms it has become a provincial scheme. Scholarships of £240
for three years with free passage both ways are given for Scholarships. study in printing, metallurgy, etc. Recently a new system
of giving travelling scholarships to industrialists has been introduced.
Very often scholarships are given to person, who have no experience of industries. On their return, the scholars do not find suitable employment
and so take to some other lines and thus the training which Delect and
they have received is wasted. We suggest that scholarships Suggestions should not be given for training in industries which are not
existing in India and which are not likely to develop in the near future. Again scholarships should not be given for facilities existing in India. On their return, they should be helped in getting employment. We must start such institutions in the country itself so that a greater number of students can take advantage. Of course in the beginning we shall have to import foreign experts but ultimately we shall be able to dispense with them. Drain of money from the country will be stopped.
Stipends are granted by many Provincial Governments for technical and industrial training in well known institutions such as V. J. T. I., Indian
Institute of Science at Bangalore, Harcourt Butler TechnoStipends
logical Institute, Cawnpore. Stipends are also given to the boys of the artisan class to attract them to the Government