Government is committed and striving hard to enhance the potential of the human capital in the country. Minister for professional and technical training Riaz Hussain Pirzada Wednesday stated while addressing a one day Pre-National TVET roundtable consultative meeting of federal and provincial policy makers and senior executives. Minister said developed countries are achieving success and glory by introducing advanced training and knowledge and government is also committed to enhance potential of human resource in Pakistan.
Chairman National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) Mumtaz Akhtar Khaloon said the consultative meeting has been arranged to develop consensus on the objective and agenda, as well as to define roadmap and identify themes for the national TVET roundtable meeting. Director United Nations Educational, Scientific and cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Kouzay Kay Nagata highlighted that Pakistan is a country with 60 per cent of young people under the age of 25 while less than 20 per cent of them complete secondary education. She emphasised upon the policy makers, TVET planners and senior executives to identify challenges, opportunities and themes for further attention during the forthcoming National TVET roundtable. The Pre-Roundtable meeting is a fore-runner to the main event “National TVET Roundtable” planned jointly by NAVTTC and UNESCO for early 2012 to provide a forum to discuss selected key issues that pose challenge to the development of TVET including introduction of technical and vocational education in general school curricula. Participants were divided into two groups, i.e. general education and TVE group. Each group discussed the devised themes for the national roundtable meeting separately. The groups accepted the already proposed themes which included TVE in general education, sustainability of funding and the coordination of TVET after 18th amendment. The groups proposed additional theme titled, “Awareness and Advocacy campaign to promote TVE”. It was finalised in the plenary session of the meeting that the proposed new theme should be added in the upcoming national roundtable meeting. The participants were of the view that introducing TVE at too early a level might expose children to child labour. They said children may only be sensitised and oriented in early classes preferably in primary to elementary classes. Participants stressed upon the need to promote TVE as a viable career option for females so that more and more females get vocational and occupational skills to earn a respectable living. The meeting was organised by National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) in collaboration with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). He further stated that developed countries are achieving success and glory by introducing advanced training and knowledge. He added that government is committed to enhance the potential of human resource in Pakistan.