ITB's reprieve
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I ROAD Transport Industry mi ing Board has given itself o her 18 months' reprieve,
d is preserving much of the ing group training associaEl and training centre ti ure.
t greed last week to provide I ast £500,000 in grants to the s from February next year ti March 31, 1984, and the a power Services Commis) , which has still to agree the t il of these arrangements.
II •rovide another £120,000.
T is is a lifeline to the GTAs, t ey would have been put at ✓ re risk if the funding had d d in January, but they are g to be faced with the need b ar the full cost of employing 1 B instructors.
A present, RTITB instructors a provided for the GTAs, but a oard will only provide them year if the GTAs pay it 0 000 a year for their services. The Multi Occupational ai ing and Education Centre I f/ TEC) at High Ercall, which is
v •ted largely to the needs of a haulage industry, is also to ept open until the Govern-, • t decides the future shape of • oard — probably in 1984.