{"id":3472,"date":"2012-11-10T22:16:22","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T16:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/?p=3472"},"modified":"2016-02-09T15:42:12","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T10:12:12","slug":"apprentices-act-1961-demystified-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/apprentices-act-1961-demystified-students\/","title":{"rendered":"The Apprentices Act, 1961 &#8212; Demystified for Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Bridging careers, building careers.&#8221; That&#8217;s the slogan in a promotional video released by the Board of Apprenticeship Training, Western Region. That is indeed the idea behind the Apprentices Act, 1961: to help fresh engineers (who just graduated) get valuable experience and hence improve their employability. Along with on the job training, students have the possibility of being offered a permanent position post training. For companies, it is a one-stop destination to recruit trainees and possibly full-time workers. There are four regional boards under the Ministry of Human Resources Development. The Act, like any other Act, is boring and sleep-inducing, so we created an infographic aimed at students:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3475\" title=\"The Apprentices Act 1961 - Simplified\" src=\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/51.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"1584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/51.png 592w, https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/51-112x300.png 112w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The links given in the infographic are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Western region: <a href=\"http:\/\/apprentice-engineer.com\">http:\/\/apprentice-engineer.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Northern region: <a href=\"http:\/\/boatnr.org\/\">http:\/\/boatnr.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Southern region: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boat-srp.com\">https:\/\/www.boat-srp.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eastern region: <a href=\"http:\/\/bopter.gov.in\/\">http:\/\/bopter.gov.in\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Act itself:<a href=\"http:\/\/dget.nic.in\/schemes\/ats\/Act1961.htm\"> http:\/\/dget.nic.in\/schemes\/ats\/Act1961.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Have any insights\/questions? 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