Minister of State for Education, Technical Education, Culture and Tourism, Priya Sethi convened a meeting reviewing the working of Vocational Training Partners in the state here today.The Minister assessed the performance of several VTPs and asked for imparting quality vocational training to youth to achieve the objective of skill development initiative of the government. “Imparting necessary technical and vocational skills among students will not only boost self-employment but will also enable them contribute to economic development of the state”, the Minister maintained.
The Minister directed the concerned agencies to submit progress report, industrial training report and feedback report on regular basis regarding the status of skill development training to her office. She also asked them to prepare a presentation pertaining to their future plan of action on the subject.The Minister emphasized the need of putting in place a high level monitoring system at division and district level to oversee the working and performance of these training institutes for better outcome. She asked the agencies to identify area specific viable trades and incorporate them in the training module to make the training more practical and beneficial for the students. She also instructed for spreading awareness regarding the scheme to make people aware and encourage more students to enroll them in the training. Secretary, School Education, Farooq Ahmed Shah,Director RMSA, Tufail Mattoo , Joint Director (Planning) School Education, Javed Iqbal Mattoo , besides senior functionaries of Vocational Training Partner agencies along with senior officers of concerned departments attended the meeting.