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CS Executive · Setting Up of Business, Industrial and Labour Laws · The Apprentices Act, 1961

Ravi, a trade apprentice at Kaveri Textiles Ltd, skips the instructional classes frequently but completes all his shop-floor tasks. Which obligation of a trade apprentice under the Apprentices Act, 1961 is he failing to meet?

Ravi is failing the obligation to attend practical and instructional classes regularly. Section 12(1) imposes this on every trade apprentice, along with learning the trade diligently and obeying lawful orders. Completing shop-floor work does not substitute for attending the instructional classes.

  1. AMaintaining prescribed records of his work, which applies only to trade apprentices
  2. BAttending practical and instructional classes regularlyCorrect
  3. CProviding instructional staff for the training
  4. DPaying a fee to the employer for training

Explanation

Section 12(1)(b) requires a trade apprentice to attend practical and instructional classes regularly. Record maintenance is expressly mentioned for graduate, technician and technician (vocational) apprentices, so that option is wrong. Providing instructional staff is an employer's duty.

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