Youth Vocational Skills Training Programme Launched in Quetta to Eliminate Unemployment; Target Set to Train 720 Youth

QUETTA (Daily Qudrat Quetta) – The Balochistan government has formally launched the “Youth Vocational Skills Training Programme” in Quetta to make the province’s youth skilled, eliminate unemployment and promote economic self-reliance. Advisor to the Chief Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Mina Majid played an important role in starting this programme under the special directives of Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti, while the special efforts of Member of the National Assembly Nawabzada Mir Jamal Khan Raisani are also part of the launch of this project.

The primary objective of the programme is to equip the youth, especially women, with technical and professional skills in accordance with the requirements of the modern era, enable them to obtain dignified employment, and make them economically self-reliant by providing opportunities for self-employment. In this connection, the youth of Quetta are being provided practical training in various fields so that they can utilise their capabilities and play an effective role in the construction and development of society.

Under the programme, more than 240 female students are currently receiving training in beautification, hand embroidery and other technical fields. Along with providing practical skills to the female students, special attention is being given to polishing their capabilities so that after completing the training they can not only obtain dignified employment but also start their own small businesses and play a role in the economic prosperity of their families.

Under this project of the Balochistan government, a target has been set to provide technical and professional training to a total of more than 720 youth in various fields in Quetta. Along with making the youth skilled, special attention is being given in the programme to encouraging them toward employment and self-employment.

According to experts, technical and professional education is an effective means of economically empowering the youth, especially women, and reducing unemployment. The launch of the Youth Vocational Skills Training Programme by the Balochistan government is being regarded as an important step toward the promotion of technical education in the province, the economic self-reliance of women and paving the way for a better future for the youth.

It is expected that the youth receiving training will, thanks to their capabilities and skills, be able to obtain new employment opportunities as well as establish small businesses, which will help promote economic activities in the province and the self-sufficiency of the youth.