Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education and Development(DTNBWED) is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India. It is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. Started in 1958, the Workers Education Scheme in India has been playing a very significant role in our national development; creating an enlightened and disciplined work force and bringing about desirable behavioral changes in our workforce in the organized, unorganized and rural sectors. It gets grants-in-aid from the Ministry of Labour & Employment to operate its activities. The Scheme of Workers Education aims at achieving the objectives of creating and increasing awareness and educating the workforce for their effective participation in the socio-economic development of the country.

The Board has its Headquarters at New Delhi. It operates through a network of 50 Regional Directorates located at various parts of the country.

The Board consists of the following members nominated by the Central Government, namely:-

• Minister of Labour and Employment - President,
• Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment: Ex-Officio Member and Vice President,
• Chairperson of the Governing Body of the Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education and Development: Vice President;
• The following Central Government Representatives:-

(a) Additional Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment: Ex-officio Member;

(b) Director General of Labour Welfare, Ministry of Labour and Employment: Ex- officio Member;

(c) Joint Secretary or equivalent level officer looking after the work of Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education and Development in the Ministry of Labour and Employment: Ex-officio Member;

(d) Financial Adviser, Ministry of Labour and Employment: Ex-officio Member;

(e) Joint Secretary or equivalent level officer, Department of Higher Education: Ex- officio member;

(f) Joint Secretary or equivalent level officer, Ministry of Skill Development- Ex-officio member,

• Six Representatives of the Organisation of Workers;
• Six Representatives of the Organisations of Employers;
• Two eminent educationists not below the rank of professor from the department Economics or Labour Studies or Education of the top 20 universities from National Institutional Ranking Framework list;
• Six Representatives of the State Governments, who shall be nominated in rotation of two years term by Central Government.
• One Representative of each Associations working in the field of Workers Education or Adult Education, and
• Director General, Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education and Development.

 

At the Regional Directorate level, Tripartite Regional Advisory Committees are constituted to review the progress of the scheme, to recommend measures for proper implementation of the programmes and to guide the work of Regional Directorates.

The Board conducts following Programmes -

Organized Sector

• 1. Capacity Building Programme – 02 Modules.
• 2. Grants-in-Aid Programmes to Trade Unions.
• 3. Modular Training Programme for Organized Sector (02 Modules / 04 Modules / 06 Modules)

Unorganized Sector/Rural Sector

• 1. Awareness cum Registration Camp
• 2. Sponsored Short Term Training Programme (SSTTP)
• 3. Shramik Chaupal

MOU between Ministry of Labour & Employment and Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education and Development for 2023-24 (Download PDF) (1.79 MB)

MOU between Ministry of Labour & Employment and Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education and Development for 2024-25 (Download PDF) (2.85 MB)

Information on the grants-in-aid released in accordance with the provisions of Rule 230(2) of GFRs, 2017 (Download PDF) (1.79 MB)




For More information, Please visit the Website https://dtnbwed.cbwe.gov.in/