KARACHI: Sindh Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) and Pakistan Association of Printing & Graphic Arts Industry (PAPGAI) agreed to jointly work for producing skilled workforce required by the printing and graphics industry.
The industry expressed their resolve to work hand-in-hand with public sector, at a ceremony which also marked the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the PAPGAI and Sindh TEVTA.
The ceremony was held at headquarter of Sindh TEVTA on Tuesday. The partnership is supported by the TVET Sector Support Programme (SSP), which is funded by the European Union and governments of the Germany and Norway. PAPGAI will take over the training delivery and management of trainees at Pakistani Swedish Institute of Technology (PSIT) Karachi, an institute operating under Sindh TEVTA with the aim to impart workplace-based training (WBT) to 500 men and 100 women trainees in 4 demand driven trades under competency-based training (CBT) methodology.
Agha Sohail Ahmed Pathan, Managing Director Sindh TEVTA and S M Naseer Uddin, Senior Vice Chairman PAPGAI signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organizations.
Chief Guest Jam Ikramullah Dharejo, Provincial Minister for Anti-Corruption, Industries & Commerce and Department of Cooperative Societies, said, “This collaboration will not only result in better employment opportunities for the youth but it will also benefit the industry”.—PR
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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