Trades and skills: TEVTA to bring market management system
Pakistan will become the sixth country to use the system
LAHORE:
Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) chairperson Irfan Qaiser Sheikh said on Friday that the authority had developed Pakistan’s first online skilled labour market management system (SLMIS).
He was speaking to officials at the Tevta Secretariat in a meeting. Sheikh said the system would start functioning in January 2015. With this development he said, Pakistan had joined the ranks of select countries including the United Kingdom (UK), South Korea, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.
Sheikh said the authority had analysed the various systems in place in these countries to develop a custom-made programme for the Tevta. He said the system would include key information regarding the provincial labour market. This would include latest market trends, skill training opportunities in various trades and technologies, alumni records and technical vacancies.
He said all students of technical and vocational training institutes; employers and job seekers would be able to register at the portal. Sheikh said the initiative had been taken to provide skilled youth to search for suitable opportunities.
He said the system would also contain relevant economic data and information on employment rates in various sectors.
Sheikh said the system had been jointly developed and validated by the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) and the Tevta. He said the authority’s research and development wing had developed the system under the supervision of Chief Operating Officer (COO) Jawad Ahmed Qureshi. Sheikh said the initiative had been hailed nationally. He said efforts were underway to replicate the system in other provinces of Pakistan. Sheikh said the system would be maintained and operated by a team of qualified placement officials and labour market specialists at the Tevta Secretariat. He said the required staff had already been selected and trained to operate and manage the system. Sheikh said the authority’s various initiatives would alleviate poverty and contribute towards national development by reducing unemployment.
COO Jawad Ahmed Qureshi was also present on the occasion.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 6th, 2014.
Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) chairperson Irfan Qaiser Sheikh said on Friday that the authority had developed Pakistan’s first online skilled labour market management system (SLMIS).
He was speaking to officials at the Tevta Secretariat in a meeting. Sheikh said the system would start functioning in January 2015. With this development he said, Pakistan had joined the ranks of select countries including the United Kingdom (UK), South Korea, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.
Sheikh said the authority had analysed the various systems in place in these countries to develop a custom-made programme for the Tevta. He said the system would include key information regarding the provincial labour market. This would include latest market trends, skill training opportunities in various trades and technologies, alumni records and technical vacancies.
He said all students of technical and vocational training institutes; employers and job seekers would be able to register at the portal. Sheikh said the initiative had been taken to provide skilled youth to search for suitable opportunities.
He said the system would also contain relevant economic data and information on employment rates in various sectors.
Sheikh said the system had been jointly developed and validated by the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) and the Tevta. He said the authority’s research and development wing had developed the system under the supervision of Chief Operating Officer (COO) Jawad Ahmed Qureshi. Sheikh said the initiative had been hailed nationally. He said efforts were underway to replicate the system in other provinces of Pakistan. Sheikh said the system would be maintained and operated by a team of qualified placement officials and labour market specialists at the Tevta Secretariat. He said the required staff had already been selected and trained to operate and manage the system. Sheikh said the authority’s various initiatives would alleviate poverty and contribute towards national development by reducing unemployment.
COO Jawad Ahmed Qureshi was also present on the occasion.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 6th, 2014.