Ministry allows technical training sans classroom

Ministry of Federal Education and Provincial Training decides reopening TVET as Covid-19 situation improves

ISLAMABAD:

The Ministry of Federal Education and Provincial Training Monday decided to allow such technical and vocational training where no classroom teaching is involved.

With the emergence of COVID-19, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutes were also closed with effect from March 13, along with formal education institutes. However after witnessing improvement in the Covid-19 situation, the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, convened an inter-provincial TVET Ministerial Conference on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of gradually resumption of technical and vocational training in the country.

All the provinces and Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan participated in the meeting, discussed the matter in detail and gave their valuable input. It was recommended that since technical and vocational training is not necessarily conducted in the classroom but there are many fields where trainings is delivered outside the classrooms in open space and factory premises.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 19^th, 2020.