The Craftsman Training Scheme was introduced by government of India in
1950 to ensure a steady flow of skill workers in different trades for the domestic Industries, to raise quantitatively and qualitatively the Industrial production by systematic training, to reduce unemployment among the educated youth by providing them employable training, to cultivate and nurture a technical and industrial attitude in the minds
of younger generation.
The scheme, most important in the field of vocational training , has been shaping Craftsmen to meet the existing as well as future manpower need , through the vast network of ITIs' in the state. The day-to-day administration of ITIs' under the Craftsman Training Scheme was transferred to the State Government with effect from
the year 1956.