RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: On the directions of Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif Chairperson Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) Irfan Qaiser Sheikh on Wednesday met Chief Traffic Officer RaiIjaz to launch a driving course under supervision of traffic police Lahore with-in major training institutes of TEVTA.

Earlier, TEVTA has been conducting such courses in collaboration with national highways and motorways police and trained five thousands drivers.

As an output trained drivers were accommodated by transport companies like Careem and Uber. Chairperson TEVTA wishes to launch state of the art driving course with the assistant of city traffic police Lahore.

It was discussed in the meeting to start driving courses at five training institute of TEVTA. Two courses shall begin from May including and short courses of LTV and three to six month long course from HTV.

CTO briefed the chairperson that the incentive of such courses would be issuance of license right after induction in driving course.

This would serve as an impetus for our untrained drivers and deliver to improve traffic problems and road safety concerns of the public.