PSDF to fund skill trainings for Koh-e-Suleman residents

PSDF will use its skill expertise to equip residents with market-relevant professional knowledge

LAHORE:

Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) and Koh-e-Suleman Improvement Project (KSIP) organised a contract ceremony for funding of over 2,400 trainees in 23 specialised trades. PSDF will fund skill trainings for residents of Tehsil Koh-e-Suleman, DG Khan and De-excluded area of Rajanpur.

These areas comprise primarily of tribal communities with low literacy levels and until now have had limited opportunities for personal and economic development.

During the first phase of this project, over 2,400 residents will receive 1.5 to three months trainings in embroidery work, Amazon virtual assistant, civil surveyor, computer applications, domestic electrician, dozer operator, dress design and tailoring, excavator operator, hand embroidery, heavy transport vehicle driving, livestock management, mason, mobile phone repairing, motorcycle mechanic, plumber and sanitary installer, safety inspector, solar technician, virtual accounting and bookkeeping, welder, artificial insemination (assistant),village veterinary worker, farm management and animal nutrition management.

PSDF in these first of kind trainings will use its skill expertise to equip residents with market-relevant professional knowledge to commence their skill development.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 3^rd, 2022.