Lahore:
Even if the Punjab government depicts a positive image of itself in the eyes of young people by distributing laptops, the failure of managers to recognize the growing demand for technical education in the midst of a labor market more than More volatile, disillusioned a large segment of unemployed young people, who have no other ways to win an income.
In recent years, the arrow unemployment rate has forced an increasing number of young people to seek technical education after completing their registration, intermediary, baccalaureate and even control. However, the unavailability of adequate government institutions providing courses on skills development and the unconception of expensive private courses even condemned the most ambitious young people to a life of unemployment and discouragement.
According to the files available with L’Express PK Press Club, there are 581 small and large public and private institutions offering technical education in Punjab, 275 of which are private. In other words, barely 40% of all technical education establishments are sponsored by the State. For the past 20 years, almost all the departments linked to technical education have been closed in secondary schools, while computer teachers have been working on teaching positions in technical education.
Altaf Hussain, a technical education student, revealed that there was a technical education shortage at the government level. “There are neither good workshops nor any qualified instructor in colleges. Although all technical education facilities are offered in the private sector, registration fees are in the Lakhs, that the student ordinary cannot pay, “Hussain complained.
“Unfortunately, technical education is not a priority of the government, because the ruling party is only engaged in the distribution of laptops when no special subject is taught in schools and colleges concerning technical education. When the government recruits qualified technical education teachers in schools and colleges, it is only when unemployment can be eliminated, “said the secretary of the Punjab teachers association, Rana Liaquat Ali.
Likewise, the secretary Punjab Civil Secretariat Employees Association Chaudhry Ghumlam Ghaus confirmed that even students holding a wide variety of diplomas were unable to obtain a job because they did not have skills training, which are taught by technical education. “Consequently, the government should focus on the transmission of technical education in schools and colleges,” suggested Ghaus.
Habibullah Mujahid, main specialist in matters in a government secondary school, recalled that in previous times, due to the inclusion of technical education in the first program, children are used to learning many skills in Sixth, seventh and eighth year, allowing them to repair the wiring and wood works in their house. Consequently, after having completed his studies, the students could move to practical life and become a craftsman in the six months to a year. “Now, due to technological innovations, IT education is also necessary. “Said Mujahid.
Pakistan Pakistan Party (PPP), Hassan Murtaza Shirazi, urged the Punjab government to improve technical education in schools instead of giving laptops to young people. “This will at least help children learn technical education as well as computers and they will be able to make their school, their house and their proud province in the field of computer science. Becomes sterile.
On the other hand, the Minister of Provincial Education Rana Sikandar Hayat assured that the government was trying to promote technical education in subjects such as electric wiring, iron, wood, agriculture and fashion.
