LAHORE, Pakistan: The Punjab Minister for Labour & Human Resource Raja Ashfaq Sarwar said that under short term skill training programme, a MoU has been signed between Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC) and Schools Education Department to provide IT training to 7,000 youth by providing them school labs in the evening classes.
Another project for providing the training of 15,000 Lady health workers and 7,000 health professionals is also in pipeline.
He stated this while presiding over a meeting of Skill Development Committee along with Minister Zakat & Ushr Malik Nadeem Kamran, here on Monday at P&D Auditorium. Chairperson TEVTA Irfan Qaiser Sheikh, Secretaries and Additional Secretaries of Labour, Industries, Social Welfare, Zakat & Ushr and related departments, representatives from Project Implementation Unit, Punjab Skills Development Fund, TEVTA, PVTC attended the meeting.
The meeting was informed that to meet the target of skill training of two million youth of the province under Punjab Growth Strategy 2018, a vision of Chief Minister Punjab to empower youth through technical training, all necessary steps have been taken with coordination of different departments.
Raja Ashfaq said that 30,000 village people will be trained in vaccination and animal insemination for better livestock growth and export activities.
The meeting was apprised that ten MoUs have been signed between TEVTA and local industry for job based skill training as well as three MoUs with international companies of GCC countries are also in pipeline.
Minister Zakat & Ushr Malik Nadeem Kamran directed Secretary Industries Nabeel Javed to make all out efforts for provision of required funds. The meeting decided to start short term programme from December 2015 to May 31, 2016.
Source: APP
