Put to test: Technical skills competition organized for students

Lahore: The skilled workers will earn more than doctors as well as engineers do and also no one will remain jobless.

This statement was given by the Executive Director of National Vocational and Technical Training Commission, Zulfiqar Ahmad Cheema on Sunday.

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He was addressing the prize distribution ceremony of a competition organized between students who had completed training under the PM Youth Skills Development Programme at Don Basco Technical and Youth Centre in the city. In the prize distribution ceremony, the first position holder was awarded along with Rs 75,000/-.

While addressing, executive director of National Vocational and Technical Training Commission said that “Competitions at a provincial level, crosswise the country, will be organized in November.”

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He furthermore said that NAVTTA will start training 0.1 million people per year starting 2017.

“After the successful completion of the training, the skilled workers would be able to get interest-free loans under the youth loan scheme of the PM.”