The Government of Karnataka on May 18, 2023, notified the Karnataka Industrial Training Institution (Recognition of Minority Educational Institutions Terms and Conditions) (Technical Education) Rules, 2023.
The following has been stated-
•The Secretary to Government or the Principal Secretary or Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Department of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood shall be the Competent Authority for declaration of Religious/Linguistic Minority status to Industrial Training Institutions offering one or two-year National Council for Vocational Education and Training courses affiliated to the Directorate General of Training, New Delhi at Industrial Training Institutions level.
•The new Industrial Training Institution applying for the Minority status shall be registered under the Act or as a Trust under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 as a Society under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960(Karnataka Act 17 of 1960) or under any other relevant law. The institution shall indicate in its bye-laws or rules that it has been formed to serve the interest of the minority community to which it belongs.
•An Industrial Training Institution established by a Religious Minorities notified by the Government of India and the Government of Karnataka, shall be eligible to apply for a declaration of minority status to such Industrial Training Institution as a Religious Minority Educational Institution.
•An Industrial Training Institution established by linguistic minorities shall be eligible to apply for the declaration of minority status to such institutions run by them, as Linguistic Minority Industrial Training Institution.
•At least two-thirds of the trustees or members of the managing committee of the Society of the Industrial Training Institution shall belong to the Minority.
•Not less than Fifty per cent of the children enrolled in the said Institution shall belong to the said minority community to which applicant the institution belongs, out of which at least Seventy-Five Percent of students shall be from Karnataka.
[Notification No. SDEL 79 ITA 2021]
