NAVTTC asked to set quality standards

Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Rana Tanveer Hussain on Wednesday said that NAVTTC should set appropriate quality standards to ensure that Pakistani graduates from technical training institutes are accepted in foreign markets.

He said this while taking a briefing from Chairman National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) Shahid Khan. Senior officials of the ministry including Secretary Education Waseem Ajmal Chaudhry also attended the meeting. Provincial DGs of NAVTTC were also present via an online link.

In the meeting, Rana Tanveer said, “There is a dire need for NAVTTC to perform at its full capacity.” He said that “It is imperative that our training is internationally accredited in order to ensure the acceptability of the Pakistani workforce in foreign markets such as Saudi Arabia, Japan, and Europe.”

He highlighted the need to give equal importance to imparting technical education to women and trans-genders. He said that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) offered to fully fund a technical institute that will aim at providing students the technical skills needed to succeed in the KSA market.

He said that coordination with KSA on this project is ongoing and that it will become a platform for modern technical education for the Pakistani youth. He emphasised the need to work diligently and complete the ongoing projects at maximum speed.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 13^th, 2023.