• 9 years ago
SHAHBAZ SHARIF ADDRESSES FUNCTION OF TEVTA SKILLS EXPO AND JOB FAIR-2015 AT EXPO CENTER

Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that 60 percent population of the country comprises on youth. He said that youth is our future and it is our responsibility to make future of the country and the nation bright. He said that Punjab government has fixed a target of making 20 lakh youth skillful according to the market needs during next three years which would be achieved at every cost. He said that we will welcome the cooperation of World Bank, Asian Development Bank and other monetary institutions in these programmes. The Chief Minister said that if these institutions did not support us, we will provide resources for making the youth skillful for the bright future of Pakistan and he is ready to provide billions of rupees in this regard. Shahbaz Sharif while announcing to give interest-free loan of 75 thousand rupees each to four thousand skilled youth said that these loans will be distributed among skilled youth completing training with the collaboration of TEVTA and Akhuwat for which 50 crore rupees have been allocated. He said that the aim of this excellent programme is to provide honourable job to skillful youth. He said that the provision of resources for empowering youth through technical training is a useful investment and happy news of bright future. Shahbaz Sharif said that development goals cannot be achieved without empowering youth comprising 60 percent population. He said that TEVTA is playing an important role for preparing skilled manpower according to the market needs and promotion of technical education. He said that there will be revolution of skill development to the efforts of this institution.
He expressed these views while addressing the inaugural ceremony of 2-day Skills Expo & Job Fair- 2015 arranged by Technical Education & Vocational Training Authority at Lahore International Expo Centre, here today. Provincial Ministers Ch. Muhammad Shafiq, Raja Ashfaq Sarwar, Dr. Ayesha Ghaus Pasha, Secretaries Labour, Industry, Information, Chief Executive Punjab Skills Development Fund, Consul Generals of America and China, Chairman TEVTA Irfan Qaiser Sheikh and a large number of male and female students were present on the occasion.
Addressing TEVTA Skills Expo-2015 and Career Counseling Conference, Shahbaz Sharif said that holding of Skills Expo by TEVTA is an excellent step and this is the first and unique programme of its kind in the last seven years. He congratulated Minister for Industry, Chairman TEVTA, Secretary Industry, Board of Governors of TEVTA, trainers, master trainers and the male and female students for holding this exhibition. He said that the institutions like TEVTA, PVTC and Skill Development Company are playing effective role in preparing skilled manpower and their programmes fully reflect vision of Punjab government.

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