The Gazetteers Department

All technical and industrial schools and industrial training institutes and courses leading up to diplomas excluding those coming under the jurisdiction of Universities are controlled by the Department of Technical Education. Bombay. The Government have appointed a State Council of Technical Education which advises and recommends in respect of technical and industrial institutions and courses leading up to the diplomas. The State Council for Training in Vocational Trades carries out the policies of the National Council with regard to the award of National Trade Certificates in engineering, buildings and leather trades and other similar trades. The Deputy Director of Technical Education, Nagpur, responsible to the Director of Technical Education, Maharashtra State, Bombay, looks after the activities of the department in the district. The Director of Technical Education conducts annual examinations in the courses approved by the State Council of Technical Education and awards certificates or diplomas to the successful candidates.

There is one Technical High School at Yeotmal, training students in technical subjects for the S. S. C. Examination.

The. Industrial Training Institute founded in 1963 for Yeotmal was temporarily located at Nagpur. The institute is now located at Yeotmal. It provides facilities for training in the following trades: fitter, mechanic, welder, turner, blacksmith, carpenter and electrician. It has an intake capacity of 264. The district has a Polytechnic Institute, a Basic Training Centre and four institutions catering for courses in crafts and needle crafts.

LIBRARIES

As on 31st March 1964 there were 13 libraries in the district which were recognised by the Government of Maharashtra.

PRINTING PRESSES, JOURNALS AND NEWSPAPERS.

There were 21 printing presses in the district in 1960. In the same year four periodicals were published in the district, of which two were weeklies and two were monthly journals.

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