Technical education, embroidery centres for women planned

Rs231 million to be spent on the initiative

ISLAMABAD: Balochistan government has planned to establish technical education and embroidery centres for women in five districts of the province with an estimated cost of Rs231.67 million.

The provincial government has been taking initiatives to impart technical skills among youth particularly women where they could get entrepreneurship skills along with financial assistance for transforming their start-up ideas into reality, an official of the Balochistan government said on Wednesday.

Under the project, he said that the seven centres would be established at Lasbella, Panjgur, Awaran, Zhob and Turbat districts.

In the first phase of the programme, as many as 1,400 women would be given six-month training of embroidery, tailoring, fruit/dates processing, commercial cooking and the field of information technology.

He said the provincial government would award a special financial package to enable them earn livelihood on their own. “The government is taking steps to develop the technical institutions across the province on modern lines to fulfill the current day’s requirements,” he said.

“It is time to promote technical education and encourage youth to acquire technical skills,” the official said and stressed the need for strengthening the basic structure of technical centres that would play role for development of the province.

After imparting skills training to the youth in different fields of technology, they would be provided job opportunities, he added.

The official said, “It is our responsibility and need to create healthy environment to enable positive financial change in the life of youth living in rural or urban areas in the province.”

He said the government has planned to provide adequate training to motivate young people towards technical education.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 27^th, 2020.