National Skills University provides employment opportunities to skilled women of rural areas: VC.

ISLAMABAD -- The Vice Chancellor of the first National Skills University,Islamabad Professor Dr Muhammad Mukhtar Monday said the varsity would establish a digital skills village at national level to provide employment opportunities to the skilled women especially living in rural areas.

In an exclusive talk with reporter, Dr Mukhtar said the admissions for the diploma and short courses in the university would be announced in March 2020. While, the admissions for the five degree programmes of BS level would be offered in September this year.

Emphasizing the future goals of the university, the vice chancellor said that the skilled workforce would not only provide employment opportunities in the local industry, but also to the other Muslim countries.

'Pakistan had small number of industries so the focus would be made on the other Muslim countries to adjust our degree holder skilled youth,' he remarked.

He believed that it was the first university of country, which would play a role of bridge between the graduates and employers as academia-industry relation were need of the hour.

He said that all steps were being taken with the support of the Higher Education Commission and the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood.

He said the curriculum of the short courses and diplomas would be prepared by university through experts while the preparation of degree level curriculum would be made possible with the cooperation of national and international level institutes providing quality technical and vocational education.

'We were making efforts to provide maximum opportunities for the students of Skills University keeping in view the modern age of technology'. The university would also play its role in character building...