RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: Chairman Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) Irfan Qaiser Sheikh has said that TEVTA is the largest institute among SAARC countries providing technical education in 400 institutes.

Irfan Qaiser Sheikh was addressing a meeting of TEVTA officials here on Thursday at TEVTA Secretariat.

Irfan said that in the current year, TEVTA has imparted technical education to more than 198,000 students enrolled in 50 short courses. Recently, he said TEVTA started a driving course in collaboration with City Traffic Police Lahore, in which number of female students also got admission.

Chairman TEVTA also said that he wanted to award interest free loans to all passing out students. “If we will be able to do so by providing even half of our students interest free loans, this would change the fate of the country,” Irfan said.

Talking about unemployment, Irfan was of the view that most of the population is based on youth and there is biggest issue of unemployment. If we wanted to eliminate terrorism from our country, then we must end unemployment, he vowed.

He said that TEVTA graduate should get a salary of Rs22,000 to Rs25000 so that he can support his family. He also said that skilled youth always play vital role in the development of any society and TEVTA will continue its role of imparting quality technical education. He claimed that more than 65,000 students of TEVTA are getting apprenticeship in various industries.