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Following an approval from Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government will be offering free vocational training to financially disadvantaged students in Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) institutes across the province.
Presiding over a meeting the other day, Khattak also sanctioned the creation of the new post titled TEVTA chief executive officer. He also ordered officials of TEVTA and KP Economic Zone and Development Management Committee (EZDMC) to work together to execute the government’s plans of setting up vocational institutes in industrial zones across the province.
Khattak said his government lay great focus on producing skilled human resource through vocational training centers, adding that affairs of these institutes must conform to best practices of merit and transparency. The CM said the institutes’ officials should make haste while awarding certificates to successful candidates and should also assist graduates land jobs according to their respective expertise.
The meeting also considered a revision in TEVTA’s proposed budget for the year 2017-18.
Following an aggressive strategy to strengthen its online education presence, Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) is offering several new online degree courses to Pakistanis stationed abroad. The courses are in addition the university’s existing online PhD and MPhil programmes that follow international best practices.
The university is continuously updating its educational plans for overseas students and vastly improved online study material and examination arrangements for expatriates.
Two of the top scholarly minds in Pakistan and China agree that the two countries must promote faculty and student exchange programs as well as joint research projects to learn from each other’s experiences. The idea was stressed upon in a meeting between China Association of Higher Education (CAHE) President Du Yubo and Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed.
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has constituted a committee to probe allegations of unlawful tuition fee hike by some private school administrations.
The news will definitely be a relief for parents who have been trying to draw the authorities’ attention to their plight for long. The issue has resurfaced following an earlier similar disagreement over fee hike between the Punjab government and the joint body of private school administrations (APPSF) in the preceding years.
The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has said that it is strictly enforcing the ban on fizzy drinks in schools across Lahore, adding that violators of the ban will be dealt with strictly. PFA had announced a complete ban on sale and availability of fizzy drinks in schools from August 14, 2017 citing the harmful effects such drinks have on children’s health and growth.