TEVTA to train 25,000 in fourth phase
By Bushara Makhdoom

RAWALPINDI—As many as 25,000 youth will get technical training in Punjab in the fourth phase of Special Training Programme of Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA), which will start soon, an official said on Sunday.
“The decision in this regard has been taken after studying results of past three phases which have remained very encouraging,” Secretary TEVTA Muhammad Arshad Bhatti said.
He said under government’s directive TEVTA had introduced the Special Training Programme in the first quarter of the current year to produce one lakh semi-skilled force for the industry. “So far about 75,000 semi-skilled workers have got training under this programme,” he added.
“Under this programme youth from low income groups are being trained in different trades, which is not only helping them in getting jobs but also assisting the industry to meet the emerging demand of skilled workers,” he added.
Arshad Bhatti said TEVTA’s all programmes were market-oriented and the Authority had developed a system to arrange jobs for trained youth according to the level of their learning.
“A big number of our trained youth are getting jobs in the local industry, while there are many others who go abroad to earn livelihood there in a respectable way,” he said.
Having a strong network of over 400 institutes across Punjab, TEVTA has now introduced Matric Technical Scheme at selective TEVTA institutes in 35 districts of the province.
Students are being offered different technical trades as an optional subject such as electronics, welding, refrigeration and air conditioning.