Apprentices Act, 1961
10. RELATED
INSTRUCTION OF APPRENTICES. -
(1) A trade
apprentice who is undergoing practical training in an establishment shall,
during the period of practical training, be given a course of related
instruction (which shall be appropriate to the trade) approved by the Central
Government in consultation with the Central Apprenticeship Council, with a view
to giving the trade apprentice such theoretical knowledge as he needs in order
to become fully qualified as a skilled craftsman.
(2) Related
instruction shall be imparted at the cost of the appropriate Government but the
employer shall, when so required, afford all facilities for imparting such
instruction.
(3) Any time
spent by a trade apprentice in attending classes on related instruction shall be
treated as part of his paid period of work.
(4) In the
case of trade apprentices who, after having undergone a course of institutional
training, have passed the trade tests conducted by the National Council or have
passed the trade tests and examinations conducted by a Board or State Council of
Technical Education or any other authority which the Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf, the related
instruction may be given on such reduced or modified scale as may be prescribed.
(5) Where
any person has, during his course in a technical institution, become a graduate
or technician apprentice, technician (vocational) apprentice and during his
apprenticeship training he has to receive related instruction, then, the
employer shall release such person from practical training to receive the
related instruction in such institution, for such period as may be specified by
the Central Apprenticeship Adviser or by any other person not below the rank of
an Assistant Apprenticeship Adviser authorized by the Central Apprenticeship
Adviser in writing in this behalf.