RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: Chairman Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) Irfan Qaiser Sheikh has said that TEVTA in collaboration with Netsol will train 2000 youth regarding latest technologies including Internet of Things (IOT), Block chain (Crypto currency) and data management. 

In this regard, CEO Netsol, Saleem Ghauri called on Chairman TEVTA at TEVTA Secretariat, here on Tuesday. In the meeting, it was decided that initially four-to-six month course will be started for students to train them in all these sectors whereas a separate two-year program will also be started.

While speaking on this occasion Irfan Qaiser Sheikh said that the world is getting smarter and now we have technology when all the home appliances are functioning on our verbal instructions. This latest technology has already been introduced in Pakistan and soon it will be available for every individual, he said.

He also said that TEVTA will be the first organization which will provide training of these technologies. He said that future lies in IOT technology. It will take two or three years for this technology to be in reach of every common man and since then our pass outs will be ready for the repair and other works of this technology, Irfan explained.

He further said that scenario has been changed in last decade now a common person could not wait for his child to complete graduation or masters to earn. Common man wants his child to earn as he grow up, he said, adding that after completion of four to six month course students will be able to earn more handsome amount than masters and graduates. 

The chairman TEVTA was of the view that TEVTA has become a trend setter in technical education which has changed the whole scenario of technical education from industry to IT based education. This is the reason that our pass outs have more employment ratio than any other organizations, he observed.

CEO Netsol Saleem Ghauri said that currently there is huge demand of technically trained youngsters in data management, IOT and Block chain in local as well as global market. Handling data now-a-days is a global problem therefore by getting training in this sector our youth can get jobs worldwide. He also said that our youth need to understand the importance of skills than degrees.