M. A. M. T. Industrial Training Center

Industrial Training Center (ITC) provides exemplary technical training for students to become independent traders. There is a fabrication unit for furniture and a body building unit, for vehicles functioning as supplementary units of the center. The students are studying for the two year National Training and Development Certificate.

There are four main trades: Civil Engineering Draftsmen, Fitters (Metalworkers), Electronics (Radio and TV Repairs), and Plumbers. The center has grown rapidly in recent years and there are now 500 students. Some will apply to train at AICT for the Computer Aided Design short course, to further enhance their job prospects.

Most courses are two years duration and the college maintains a high pass-rate with over 80% level in every trade. Students in Computer and Plumbing courses won first prize in the 1999 District and State level competitions. The students receive the National Council for Vocational Training Certificate organized by the Government of India's Ministry of Labor.

Having began in 1991, this center is one of the best of its kind in Kerala, and has a good name. It is accepted by many places outside of Kerala because of its reputation. Kasturi, Amma's elder sister is the principal. Girls and boys take the civil engineer's drafting course. Of the students study building construction, almost one-third are girls, some of whom would like to go on to Computer Aided Design.

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