First batch of Chin's vocational college on electric engineering inaugurated in Sindh.

BEIJING -- The first branch of China's vocational college on electric engineering in Pakistan was inaugurated in Sindh recently.

Sindh Technical Education and Vocational Authority (STEVTA), Government Monotechnic Institute (GMI), Mehrabpur, Tang International Education Group, and Yantai Vocational College, China signed an agreement last week on joint training of talent and inaugurated the Sino-Pak international College on the ceremony.

This is the second Sino-Pak international College under "CCTE" model in Sindh Province. The first one was inaugurated in collaboration with Government Polytechnic Institute, Dadu on May 21, China Economic Net (CEN) reported on Monday.

"CCTE", short for China-Pakistan Dual Diploma/Degree and China-Pakistan Cooperation, Chinese Language Courses and Chinese Commercial Cultural Courses, Technical Education Subjects and Technology in Education and Further Education and Employment", is a model developed by Tang International Education Group. Students of CCTE programs will learn in Pakistan for the first two years and in China for the third year before obtaining degrees from both sides.

Li Jinsong, President of the Tang International Education Group, said on the inauguration ceremony that power shortage was a sore point in Pakistan's economic development.

He expected the joint education program in Sindh, where there were many thermal and wind power plants, could cultivate more talent in electric engineering to meet the market demand, serve the long-term development of local enterprises, and promote people-to-people bond between the two countries.

Wen Jinxiang, president of...