CDWP approves NAVTTC project to set 250 VTIs.

ISLAMABAD -- Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved NAVTTC project for establishing and upgrading 250 Vocational Training Institutes (VTIs) across Pakistan for skill development and employment of youth.

The project was approved during a meeting held under the chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives.

The Executive Director NAVTTC, Mr. Sajid Baloch, briefed the CDWP that National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) project envisages to establish and upgrade 250 Vocational Training Institutes (VTIs) across Pakistan which will provide income generation and in demand skills to youth.

The skilled workforce will also earn precious foreign exchange for Pakistan.

NAVTTC being an apex TVET agency at federal level will be the lead executing agency.

This project will be helpful in establishing state of the art labs in vocational training institutes and equipping youth with latest income generating technical skills such as Artificial Intelligence, e-commerce, robotics, graphic designing, Internet of things, cyber security, besides the conventional trades like electrician, plumber, fashion design, beauty parlour etc.

The government is committed to provide employment to over a million skilled workforce, for local and international job market and uplift socio-economic status of

1.67 Million family members through provision of in demand income generating skills.

Many of these new VTIs will also serve as joint...