K-P mulls ways to bolster technical education

The Board of Directors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Technical Education & Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) approved the revised budget of the authority for the year 2021-22 and budget estimates for the year 2022-23.

The approval was accorded in the 20th BoD meeting which was held on Friday with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in the chair. The forum deliberated upon matters pertaining to the strengthening of technical education and important decisions were made to this end.

The forum also took a detailed review of implementation of decisions taken in the last board meeting.

The participants were informed that in light of the board’s decisions 12 technical institutions had been taken over by TEVTA from the System of Technical & Vocational Education & Training (STVET) while work was also in progress for taking over of five more technical institutes by KP TEVTA. 

The chief minister on the occasion directed the authorities concerned to further improve the use of development funds under TEVTA and said that promotion of Technical Education & Professional Trainings was one of the priority areas of his government.

He added that the provincial government was making concerted efforts to provide skills development opportunities to youth in order to overcome the menace of unemployment. The chief minister also directed the authorities of industries department to take steps to further streamline the Technical Education sector.

Secretary Law Masood Ahmad, Secretary Industries Saqib Raza and other board members attended the meeting.

Meanwhile in a press statement, Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has condemned the attack at police in Peshawar and offered condolences over the death of an ASI and expressed his heartfelt sympathy to the family.

He directed police to take necessary steps for the immediate arrest of those involved in the incident.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 13^th, 2022.