Daily Times
June 28, 2021
The federal government has allocated funds amounting to Rs 28 billion for education sector in the budget 2021-22, which stand almost 500 percent higher than the PML-N regime’s last year allocation.
In an Interview with APP on Sunday, Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Shafqat Mehmood said that through this allocation, education would see a true transformation.
“The PML-N in its last year in government had spent Rs 4.7 billion in the education sector, while the PTI government allocated Rs 28 billion for the current financial year that is 100 percent higher than its previous budget, and 500 percent higher than the allocation of the previous government’s last year” he informed.
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30,000 youth given technical training
Islamabad
April 30, 2021
Islamabad : Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Youth Affairs Usman Dar on Thursday said over 30,000 students had been given professional training in conventional and high-tech fields under the Kamyab Jawan s Skills for All programme.
During a meeting chaired by Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar, the SAPM said Rs10 billion Skills for All project was meant to revamp the technical and vocational education and training sector in the country.
He said 14 components of the project revolved around the establishment of 75 high tech skills centres, National Employment Exchange Tool, business incubation centres, skills up-gradation of teachers, etc. The participants discussed initiatives undertaken under the PM s Kamyab Jawan Programme (PMKJP), through National Vocational & Technical Education Commission (NAVTEC) and Higher Education Commission (HEC).
The Federal Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives, Asad Umar, chaired a meeting to discuss the initiatives taken under Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Kamyab Jawan Programme (PMKJP) through the National Vocational & Technical Education Commission (NAVTEC) and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in Islamabad on Thursday.
The meeting was attended by the Special Assistant to the PM on Youth Affairs, the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, the Chairman of the NAVTEC, the Executive Director of the HEC, and senior government officials.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Federal Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar chaired a meeting to discuss initiatives undertaken under PM’s Kamyab Jawan Programme (PMKJP) through National Vocational & Technical Education Commission (NAVTEC) and Higher Education Commission (HEC) in Islamabad on Thursday.
The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Youth Affairs Muhammad Usman Dar, the Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Chairman NAVTTEC, the Executive Director HEC, and senior government officials.
In the meeting, Asad Umar was given a detailed briefing on initiatives undertaken for youth development under the umbrella of the Kamyab Jawan Programme.