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Corporate social responsibility: TEVTA to collaborate with private sector to train youth(Express Tribune (Pakistan) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) is set to collaborate with the private sector in areas of technical assistance and training at some of its recently established institutes. Tevta Chairperson Irfan Qaiser Shaikh was addressing a three-member delegation of Aman Tech, Karachi, led by its chief executive officer, Zaheer Hussain, on Thursday. He said the Tevta would engage with private corporations, as part of corporate social responsibility, to train the youth in certain technologies at its institutes. Shaikh said under the first phase, they would require technical assistance at nine institutes: the Government College of Technologies (Boys) at Jorharabad in Kot Addu in Tranda M Pannah, Narowal the Government College of Technology (Women) in Narowal the Government Technical Training Institute (Boys) in Rawalpindi the Government Technical Training Institute (Women) in Gujjarpura, Lahore the Government Vocational Training Institute (Women) in Khanpur and the Institute of Leather Technology, Kasur. He said the Tevta was providing technical education to young adults at subsidised rates. He said most of the students at their institutes hailed from the lower income social bracket. He said the private sector only engaged in low-input, high-return disciplines of technical education. He said the Tevta not only aimed to impart skills that would help the youth get employment, but also develop industry in Pakistan. He said the only way to eradicate poverty from the country was to promote technical education. Published in The Express Tribune, October 25th, 2014. |