Chairperson TEVTA Mamoon Jaffar Tarar presided over a meeting with Mr MaxMa, Executive Vice President, TANG China International Education Group, and Yasser Shakoor, Business Development Manager, TANG, to discuss a tripartite collaborated Dual Diploma (3 Years Program).
MaxMa briefed the Chairperson that the pilot Software Technology Diploma Program will be launched at Government College of Technology (GCT), Lahore and Shenzhen Institute of IT, China, and Advanced Construction Technology with specialization in Roads & Bridges” will run at GCT-Taxila and GUANGDONG Construction Polytechnic Institute China from forthcoming session Oct-2022.
The Chairperson appreciated the initiative and termed it a gigantic step for empowering youth with advanced skill sets. He said that China and Pakistan are iron brothers, which is proved by both countries’ collaboration in the education sector.
He said that the programs will be offered under an agreement signed by Tang China and TEVTA to provide a 3-Years Dual Diploma joint education program model, with 2-years’ study in Pakistani technical college while 3rd- year study in brother Vocational / technical college of China.
Talking about the program, Chairperson Mamoon Jaffar added that this dual diploma program will provide international exposure for students to demand-driven major technologies/trades through Chinese qualification and PBTE certificate. They will be able to achieve better employment and placement opportunities all around the world, he said.
The Chairperson further explained that in the first phase, 25 students will be selected for admission through particular admission advertisements designed to ascertain the quality intake.
