L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 905
technical education ? If so, what are the main features of the two schemes ?
(b) Is the training scheme sponsored by the Labour Department different from the scheme of the Education, Health and Lands Department ?
(c) Is the proposed scheme akin to the Bevin Training Scheme ?
(d) What are the technical subjects which Government contemplate to provide for the students abroad ? And what will be the duration of training on each subject ?
(e) What type of jobs, do Government contemplate to offer to the successful candidates after they return from abroad ?
(f) Are Government selecting the students on a fixed quota basis from each of the Provinces and maintaining the proportion of different communities ? If so, how many students will be sent from Bengal and Assam ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) and (b). There are two distinct schemes. The first is for sending students abroad for higher studies in technical and scientific subjects ; the second is for sending abroad technicians already employed in industry for further training or for enlarging their industrial or professional experience. The former scheme is dealt with by the Education, Health and Lands Department and the latter by Labour Department.
(c) The proposed scheme is in a way an extension of the Bevin Training Scheme. The object is to provide higher technical training for the more important supervisory post in industry.
(d) The types of training contemplated under the Labour Department scheme are : Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Radio Manufacture, Ship-building, Aeronautical Engineering, Marine Engineering, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Metallurgy, Generation of Electricity, Locomotive Construction, Chemical Engineering, Fertilisers, Plastics, Glass, Steel Manufacture.
This list is not exhaustive and other types of training will be considered, if required.
Normally the period of training will be one year, but may be extended to two years in individual cases.
(f) No quotas have been allotted. Provincial Governments have been asked to make their own nominations for which they will bear the