LAHORE: The role of Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (Tevta) has been lauded for establishing state-of-the-art new technical and vocational training institutes as well as upgrading the existing ones.
Standing Committee on Finance Chairman and MNA Qaiser Ahmad Sheikh said this while addressing a gathering at an inaugural ceremony of Government Technical Training Institute (Boys). He said, “Introduction of demand driven courses in consultation with concerned national and multi-national industries is admirable.”
He hoped the target set by Tevta to make maximum number of youth skilful would ultimately alleviate poverty across Punjab. He further said the contribution by Tevta would also help eliminate terrorism from the country.
“It is the vision of our government to produce skilled manpower, according to international standards so that they could get better job opportunities both within the country as well as abroad,” he added.
Sheikh said that all these arrangements were being made by the government to ensure provision of respectful jobs to the youth.
“On the directives of prime minister, efforts are also underway on emergency basis for meeting the demand for skilled labour of Qatar and UAE,” he said, adding, “It is the demand of present era, and in order to meet this demand, we should motivate our youth to receive technical education proudly. In the past, people did not consider adopting technical profession respectful.”
He said even today youngsters in Pakistan mostly yearned for office jobs and shunned working in technical institutes or in factories.
Tevta Chairperson Irfan Qaiser Sheikh said that Tevta, at present, was giving special attention to arranging jobs for its pass-outs. “Pakistan has become the centre of attention for world investment due to its geographical position in South Asia. Investors from the developed countries are giving priority to expand their business in Pakistan. At present these companies urgently require trained manpower in various sectors,” he added.
