Government needs to create job opportunities for youth: Sabzwari
Sindh Minister for Youth Affairs Faisal Ali Sabzwari says government faces a ‘now or never’ situation.
KARACHI:
Sindh Minister for Youth Affairs Faisal Ali Sabzwari has said the present government has to create job opportunities for the youth as it faces a ‘now or never’ situation.
He was speaking at a certificate distribution ceremony organised for candidates who completed their five-month training programme in banking, organised under the Benazir Bhutto Youth Development Programme in collaboration with the Institute of Bankers Pakistan (IBP).
Sabzwari said training programmes of the provincial government are designed by highly reputable institutions to provide demand-driven training to the youth. “Although the training programmes are on a smaller scale, the Sindh government has chosen only those institutions which have an excellent record,” he added.
The provincial government has tried to uphold merit throughout the process of selection and execution of all training programmes, adding the situation is critical and the government needs to provide the youth with a way out.
IBP Director Examination Nazir Ahmed Shaikh said the training programme has been carefully designed to provide a strong base for new graduates. Shaikh said that the programme includes subjects like banking law, marketing of banking services, anti-money laundering laws, auditing, business communications and IT with special focus on soft skills.
He said that Pakistan is blessed with plenty of human resources but education and training of youth is a challenge. He hoped that the country would successfully channelise the energies of its young population.
Muhammad Junaid, one of the 18 students who received the certificates, told The Express Tribune that the training programme was highly competitive as all students were selected through a test-based system.
The government also gave stipends, with candidates from Karachi receiving Rs6,000 per month, while an additional Rs3,000 per month, in the form of displacement allowance, was provided to candidates from other districts. Three candidates were selected from Karachi, while the rest came on a quota from interior Sindh.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 24th, 2011.
Sindh Minister for Youth Affairs Faisal Ali Sabzwari has said the present government has to create job opportunities for the youth as it faces a ‘now or never’ situation.
He was speaking at a certificate distribution ceremony organised for candidates who completed their five-month training programme in banking, organised under the Benazir Bhutto Youth Development Programme in collaboration with the Institute of Bankers Pakistan (IBP).
Sabzwari said training programmes of the provincial government are designed by highly reputable institutions to provide demand-driven training to the youth. “Although the training programmes are on a smaller scale, the Sindh government has chosen only those institutions which have an excellent record,” he added.
The provincial government has tried to uphold merit throughout the process of selection and execution of all training programmes, adding the situation is critical and the government needs to provide the youth with a way out.
IBP Director Examination Nazir Ahmed Shaikh said the training programme has been carefully designed to provide a strong base for new graduates. Shaikh said that the programme includes subjects like banking law, marketing of banking services, anti-money laundering laws, auditing, business communications and IT with special focus on soft skills.
He said that Pakistan is blessed with plenty of human resources but education and training of youth is a challenge. He hoped that the country would successfully channelise the energies of its young population.
Muhammad Junaid, one of the 18 students who received the certificates, told The Express Tribune that the training programme was highly competitive as all students were selected through a test-based system.
The government also gave stipends, with candidates from Karachi receiving Rs6,000 per month, while an additional Rs3,000 per month, in the form of displacement allowance, was provided to candidates from other districts. Three candidates were selected from Karachi, while the rest came on a quota from interior Sindh.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 24th, 2011.