Employment emphasis: PSDF focuses on skill development
More than 11,000 individuals will be trained in various employment-oriented trades
Contracts of worth Rs800 million were awarded to 52 training service providers in a launching ceremony here at a local hotel. PHOTO: PSDF
LAHORE:
The Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) has launched its new scheme “Skills for Job 2015” to train more than 11,000 individuals in various employment-oriented trades in an attempt to promote quality vocational skill development.
Contracts of worth Rs800 million were awarded to 52 training service providers in a launching ceremony here at a local hotel.
The scheme would target individuals belonging to the districts of Khanewal, Vehari, Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur, Lodhran, Muzaffargarh and Rahim Yar Khan, in order to equip them with various need-based skills.
While addressing the media, PSDF CEO Ali Sarfraz said that PSDF successfully trained more than 55,000 individuals since its inception. The scheme is another round of one of PSDF’s major training schemes under which individuals are imparted technical and vocational skills demanded by the job market.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 10th, 2015.
The Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) has launched its new scheme “Skills for Job 2015” to train more than 11,000 individuals in various employment-oriented trades in an attempt to promote quality vocational skill development.
Contracts of worth Rs800 million were awarded to 52 training service providers in a launching ceremony here at a local hotel.
The scheme would target individuals belonging to the districts of Khanewal, Vehari, Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur, Lodhran, Muzaffargarh and Rahim Yar Khan, in order to equip them with various need-based skills.
While addressing the media, PSDF CEO Ali Sarfraz said that PSDF successfully trained more than 55,000 individuals since its inception. The scheme is another round of one of PSDF’s major training schemes under which individuals are imparted technical and vocational skills demanded by the job market.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 10th, 2015.