TEVTA starts courses for personality grooming, communication skills

Chairman says course will be held in multimedia classrooms while using audio video aids

LAHORE: The Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) has started a four-month course for enhancing of communication skills and personality grooming of its already registered students, said TEVTA Chairman Irfan Qaiser Sheikh.

He was addressing a meeting the authority's Secretariat on Friday.

The chairman said that the authority has started a training programme for graduates of the Diploma of Associate Engineering (DAE) students which is based on the professional requirement of English language proficiency and personality grooming posed by local and foreign employers.



For this purpose, a pilot project is already being implemented by TEVTA three colleges, including Government College of Technology (GCT) Wahdat Road, GCT Raiwind Road and Sunday Campus, GCT Lytton Road.

Sheikh said that the course would be held in multimedia classrooms while using audio video aids, ensuring the interest and engagement of the students enrolled in the programme. The session in each module will be conducted in the classrooms of the GCTs consist of planned interactive lessons for the students, he said.



Talking about English Language programme, Sheikh said that the programme was being monitored and evaluated by a team of experts of TEVTA, which is comprised of the foreign qualified scholar as well as instructors and trainers. The feedback of the principals of the above institution and the student enrolled in the program is also being collected as regular basis, he said.

Talking about the response of students, he said that the motivation of the students attending the course was evident and a noticeable change has been seen in the overall personality of the third year graduate of DAE.



The chairman said that after completing this course the students of TEVTA will be able to present their appearance, skills and talent in a better way, especially during their interviews. There are numerous educational institutions in Pakistan which are offering conventional and technical education but only a few institutions are focusing on personality grooming of students, he said.

After starting of this course, the TEVTA has been included in only view those organisations, which are imparting every aspect of education and making students perfect professionals, the chairman. He added that students would also be immediately hired by the companies in Pakistan as well by foreign companies.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 30^th, 2017.