Islamabad, February 15, 2022 (PPI-OT):AJK Education Minister Dewan Ali Khan Chughtai called on Federal Minister for Education, Professional Training, National Heritage and Culture Shafqat Mahmood to discuss education related matters, today at his office. On request of AJK Education Minister for enhancing quota of Kamyab Jawan Program for AJK, Federal Minister Shafqat Mahmood directed the Chairman NAVTTC Syed Javed Hasan to enhance their quota from two to five percent.

Federal Minister Shafqat Mahmood also directed the Chairman NAVTTC to set up smart labs in AJK and Gilgit Baltistan. Assuring the maximum cooperation to AJK Education minister, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood has remarked that incumbent government enhancing the employment opportunities with Kamyab Jawan Program as graduates having skills are succeeded to secure jobs easily as compare to graduates without skills.

Briefing the federal minister Shafqat Mahmood on Skills for All program’s implementation, Chairman NAVTTC apprised that for fifty thousand positions of third batch, four hundred thousand candidates have applied and amongst them one hundred forty thousand candidates were graduates. NAVTTC is also conducting classes of hi-tech digital training in forty-five AJK Institutions. Furthermore, Matric-Tech program has also been started in three institutions in which fifteen hundred students have been enrolled.

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