Skill Development Programme: NAVTTC to train 50% more youth
The director said the department had proposed training for 150,000 youth under the fifth phase
Executive Director NAVTTC inquires about quality of training PHOTO: INP
ISLAMABAD:
In pursuance of high demand of skilled and semi-skilled manpower in foreign countries including Gulf states and others, the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) has planned to increase the number of trainees by 50% under the Prime Minister Youth Skill Development Programme (PMYSDP) Phase V. “Currently, NAVTTC is imparting vocational and technical training to 100,000 under-educated youth under the PMYSDP’s phase IV which is likely to end in November 2018,” said PMYSDP Director Muhammad Nadeem Butt. Talking to APP on Tuesday, the director said the department had proposed training for 150,000 youth under the fifth phase for which PC-I had been sent to the Central Development Working Party which was likely to be initiated in the first month of 2019.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 24th, 2018.
In pursuance of high demand of skilled and semi-skilled manpower in foreign countries including Gulf states and others, the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) has planned to increase the number of trainees by 50% under the Prime Minister Youth Skill Development Programme (PMYSDP) Phase V. “Currently, NAVTTC is imparting vocational and technical training to 100,000 under-educated youth under the PMYSDP’s phase IV which is likely to end in November 2018,” said PMYSDP Director Muhammad Nadeem Butt. Talking to APP on Tuesday, the director said the department had proposed training for 150,000 youth under the fifth phase for which PC-I had been sent to the Central Development Working Party which was likely to be initiated in the first month of 2019.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 24th, 2018.