Balochistan to establish Technical Education, Embroidery Centres for women.

ISLAMABAD -- Balochistan government has planned to establish Technical Education and Embroidery Centres for women in five districts of the province with an estimated cost of Rs231.67 million.

The provincial government has been taking initiatives to impart technical skills among youth particularly women where they could get entrepreneurship skills along with financial assistance for transforming their start-up ideas into reality, an official of the Balochistan government told reporter.

Under the the project, he said that the seven centres would be established at Lasbella, Panjgoor, Awaran, Zhob and Turbat districts.

In the first phase of the programme, as many as 1400 women of the province would be given a six-month training of embroidery, tailoring, fruit/ dates processing, commercial cooking and the field of Information Technology.

He said the provincial government would award a special financial package to enable them earn their livelihood on their own.

He said that the government was taking steps to develop the technical institutions across the province on modern lines to fulfill the current day's requirements.

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