KPITB to provide digital skills to 2,500 women

K-P domicile holders can apply for free courses

PESHAWAR:

After successfully empowering 500 women with digital skills from the province, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board (KPITB) has embarked on the next phase of the journey to further train 2,500 young women to enable them to play their role in boosting the digital economy of the province in particular and Pakistan in general.

Women Empowerment through digital skills’ is a component of Digital Jobs in K-P, an initiative of KPITB, funded by Multi-Donor Trust Fund, administered by the World Bank and executed by DEMO and TechValley Pakistan.

The programme aims to train 3,000 women across the seven divisions of K-P including newly merged tribal districts on employable digital skills to ensure women’s inclusion in the digital economy.

Talking about Women Empowerment through Digital Skills Programme CM’s Adviser on Science and IT Ziaullah Bangash assured the continuity of government efforts for promoting such interventions and developing the capacity of women to benefit from digital employment opportunities.

He encouraged women to come forward and contribute their part to the digital economy.

Bangash further added that this programme will set an example for other provinces to follow.

We are very hopeful that with the help of this programme, different job opportunities will emerge for women across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, he added.

KPITB Managing Director Dr Sahibzada Ali Mahmud elaborated that Women Empowerment Digital Skills is one of the many initiatives taken by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to encourage and educate the youth and provide a digitally skilled workforce to the industry of Information Technology.

Mahmud said that these training programmes are significantly increasing the digital skills of youth and providing them the opportunities for earnings.

Maira Yousaf, a resident of Peshawar and a graduate of the first phase of Women Empowerment through Digital Skills Programme expressed that she completed her training in Social Media Marketing, the course was very well structured.

She furthered that through interactive live sessions the trainers provide them basic and advanced knowledge about Social Media Marketing.

They equipped me with the right tools to help me get started in this field, she added.

Digital Jobs in K-P Project Manager Muhammad Bilal revealed that women between 18 to 30 years of age, holding K-P domicile and having a minimum of intermediate education are eligible to apply for this training programme.

He further said that the second cycle of Women Empowerment through Digital Skills Programme will be also conducted online and on-campus training depending on the prevailing situation of Covid-19.

Applicants can enrol themselves into one of the following digital skills currently being offered; Social Media Marketing, Graphic Designing, WordPress Design and Development, Blogging and Content Writing, and Digital Tools Productivity.Applicants for this training programme must have access to a computer with a good internet connection.

They can apply online at www.kpyep.com/we before December 21, 2020, Bilal underlined.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, December 7^th, 2020.