Key Points:
- The chief minister has set a target of skill training for one million young people in Punjab over the next three years.
- Punjab will establish its first modern Wood Working Centre of Excellence and Centres of Excellence for electrical, vehicle and digital marketing.
- The digital examination system will allow 200,000 to 600,000 candidates to take examinations with online registration, digital papers and QR codes.
- 400,000 young people have completed skill training in Punjab and over 45 per cent of them are employed.
- Overall, 90,029 trainees got jobs in local industry, 53,509 took up self-employment and 38,557 obtained employment abroad.
- Under the Empowering Women through Information Technology programme, 3,000 rural women are earning from home.
LAHORE: Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has set a target of imparting skill training to one million young people across Punjab over the next three years, officials said.
The province will establish its first modern Wood Working Centre of Excellence and digitise technical training and examinations through an online registration portal, digital examination papers and QR codes.
The digital examination system will enable 200,000 to 600,000 candidates to take examinations.
Approval was given for an agriculture and heavy machinery operator certification programme and for Centres of Excellence in electrical, vehicle and digital marketing.
Under the first CM Language Learning Programme, courses in 13 languages will be offered and Punjab’s first Cleaning and Cleaner Academy will be established.
Training under the PCCA will be given in cleaning support, healthcare, hospitality, domestic help and other sectors.
400,000 Complete Skill Training Across Punjab
The briefing was told that 400,000 young people have completed skill training in Punjab and over 45 per cent of them are employed.
Most of the remaining trainees preferred to continue their education.
Under the Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Department, nearly 175,000 trainees obtained respectable employment and over 38,000 secured jobs abroad.
In the manufacturing sector, 113,333 students completed training and more than 50,000 were employed immediately.
In the information technology sector, 111,607 young people completed training and 49,588 are earning respectable livelihoods.
In agriculture and livestock, 23,269 trainees completed training and 10,033 obtained immediate employment.
The construction sector trained 27,069 students and 12,026 of them were employed.
In the energy sector, 35,227 young people completed training and 15,651 obtained employment.
In hospitality and tourism, 15,319 students completed training and 6,807 were employed immediately.
Overall, 90,029 trainees obtained jobs in local industry and 53,509 took up self-employment.
Another 38,557 trainees obtained employment abroad and 39,325 preferred to continue their education.
Overall, 90,029 trainees obtained jobs in local industry and 53,509 took up self-employment.
Under the Empowering Women through Information Technology programme, 3,000 women in rural areas are earning a livelihood from their homes.
An electrician trained at a technical college in Punjab secured fourth position at the WorldSkills competition in Shanghai, the briefing was told.
Labs Upgraded and New Programme Targets Set
The briefing was told that 15,065 teachers and staff have received industry, management, teaching and skills-upgradation training.
The upgraded facilities include 220 computer labs, 100 industrial stitching labs, 70 solar labs, 27 healthcare labs, a VR welding lab and an electric vehicle lab.
Under the Mahir programme, 25,000 young people will be trained in the industrial clusters of Lahore, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Gujranwala and Multan.
The Global Rozgar programme has set a target of training 25,000 young people for the BPO sector.
The Advance Tech programme will give international certification to 7,500 young people in modern technology.
Under the Rs2.6 billion Haryali programme, 20,000 young people will be trained in agriculture and the green environment.
Under the Pehchan and Umeed programmes, 2,474 transgender persons have completed training and 10,000 special persons will be trained under Umeed.
At TEVTA’s 69 institutions, 45,700 young people will be trained every year in line with the European Qualification Framework.
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