Agreement signed to provide free technical education to Gwadar's youth.

ISLAMABAD -- The signing ceremony for the joint operation agreement of Pak-China Technical and Vocational Institute (PCT and VI), built with a Chinese grant under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), was held at Gwadar Business Center on Wednesday.

The agreement was signed by Shandong Institute of Commerce and Technology (SICT), Gwadar Port Authority (GPA), The University of Gwadar (UoG), and China Overseas Ports Holding Company (COPHC) for providing free of cost six-month short courses and three-year diploma programmes with hands-on technical and professional training to thousands of youths of Gwadar, according to a message received here on Wednesday.

Students from the University of Gwadar, local employees of COPHC, GPA and COPHC officers attended the signing ceremony while teachers and officers from SIC joined the ceremony online.

Pak-China Technical and Vocational Institute (PCT and VI) was gifted and handed over by the Chinese government to GPA in September 2021 with the intent to train, prepare and equip the youth of Gwadar / Makran / Balochistan with skill sets for the future needs of Gwadar port, Free Zones, smart city, new...