Friday, July 23, 2010
Panaji: EGoa Government has invited applications from local students for a three-year diploma course in Handloom and Textile Technology at the Karnataka Handloom Technology Institute, Narsapur, Gadag, which commenced early this month.

The Goa Directorate of Craftsmen Training has said that the last date of accepting applications was July 28. The number of seats allotted for Goa is three. The minimum prescribed qualification for admission is a pass in SSC/ SSLC/HSLC or any equivalent examination with General Science or Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English.

Only those candidates who have passed the examination in one sitting and secured 45 per cent marks in aggregate and minimum 50 per cent marks in Mathematics and Science put together (for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, it is 45 per cent marks in Mathematics and Science put together) with English as a subject of study are eligible for admission.

The age limit is 15 to 21 and for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, it is 15 to 23 as on July 1, 2010. A stipend of Rs. 400 will be paid in first year, Rs. 450 in the second and Rs. 500 in the third year during the training period.

The prescribed application forms and other details can be obtained from Assistant Director (Training), State Directorate of Craftsman Training, Sharamashakti Bhavan, Patto, Panaji, according to a press release here on Thursday.