4. Objects
Feedback & supportThe principal objects of the Board shall be —
Board
“Board” means the Vocational and Industrial Training Board established under section 3;
to provide for, promote, assist in and regulate the training or apprenticeship of persons employed in or intending to be employed in commerce or industry, and to upgrade the skills of such persons by providing advanced training in skilled work or otherwise;
commerce or industry
“commerce or industry” includes any trade, manufacturing or service industry, business or other related activities;
to establish the nature and length of the training for any employment in commerce or industry, and the further education to be associated with the training, the persons by and to whom the training ought to be given, the standards to be attained as a result of the training and the methods of ascertaining whether those standards have been attained;
further education
“further education” means —(a)adult education; and(b)such other education for young persons who are not in attendance at any school or other educational institution as will enable them to develop their various aptitudes and capacities and will prepare them for gainful employment and the responsibilities of citizenship;
to conduct such programmes of further education as may be required from time to time.