Punjab skills fund to train youth countrywide

PSDF and National Vocational and NAVTCC signs a MOU

LAHORE:

The Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) and National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) signed a memorandum of understanding on Sunday, under which the PSDF will impart training on behalf of the NAVTTC among the youth across the country.

Under the accord, the outreach of the PSDF has expanded across the country from Punjab.

According to PSDF sources, collaborative efforts would be made in digital training and certifications of locally-trained youth so that they can be placed in the international market easily.

The two institutions also agreed to conduct the sector training need analyses for local and international demand generation in addition to tracer studies and impact evaluations of the skills training programmes.

Both organisations will collaborate in imparting skills training in the construction, hospitality and IT sectors. This training will be imparted with a focus on at least 30 per cent of graduates getting employment.

The training will be organised in 16 districts -- Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Rahim Yar Khan, Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Peshawar, Nowshera, Abbottabad, Quetta, Gilgit and Muzaffarabad.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 4^th, 2024.