100,000 youth to be trained this year

National vocational commission to impart skills

FAISALABAD: In a bid to prepare the country’s youth for the impending opportunities of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) has committed to provide training to 100,000 youth this year.

This was shared by NAVTTC Executive Director Zulfiqar Ahmad Cheema while addressing a function at the  Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) in which tool kits were distributed among the passed out students of various NAVTTC courses.



Cheema said that initially NAVTTC had provided training to 25,000 youth. “Last year these numbers increased to 50,000 and from this year we will provide training to 100,000 in market-driven trades or sectors,” he added.

He further added that elaborate arrangements have been made to improve the quality of training so that students could not only fulfill domestic needs but also get their due share from the international markets. He said that training will be imparted in new trades in consultation with the local industrialists.

NAVTTC has entirely changed the perception of skilled worker. For the first time when we invited applications for 25,000 stipends, we received only 17,500 applications. After this change now we are receiving 125,000 applications for only 25,000 available stipends, said Cheema.

Providing some basic information he said that NAVTTC courses last for six months and are entirely free of cost, additionally during this training, the selected students get a stipend at a rate of Rs3,000 per month and on completion of the training they also get a free tool kit to start their own business.



Cheema disclosed that skills councils for each trade will be constituted to provide quality training in each sector.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 26^th, 2017.

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