KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, in the light of his education emergency, on Friday decided to upgrade 10 technical institutions, two in each division to impart quality education.
He took this decision while presiding over a meeting on Sindh Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (STEVTA) here at the CM House. The meeting was attended by Special Assistant STVTA Shahid Taheem, Universities & Boards Secretary Naveed Shaikh, Colleges Secretary Riaz Memon, Social Welfare Secretary Niaz Abbasi, IT Secretary Pervaiz Sihar, MD STEVTA Rafique Burioro and senior officials.
MD STEVTA Rafiq Buriro briefed the chief minister that there were 2800 technical institutions in the province where technical education and training in different trades is provided.
The chief minister said that in the first phase, he wants to establish 10 state of the art technical institutes to offer quality education and produce good students who can earn good name for themselves and their respective institutions.
“These institutions should be like a brand, their name should be enough to get jobs or onward enrolments,” he said.
He added that were are five administrative divisions in Sindh – Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah, Sukkur and Larkana – where he wanted to establish these state of art institutions and each division would have two institutions.
He directed the University & Boards Secretary to upgrade the existing institutions by giving them good faculty, offering job-oriented technical courses and the best facilities.
The chief minister directed the secretary to submit an action plan for this purpose. “I would provide necessary funds and facilities,” he assured and said, “He wanted good technical education.”
The chief minister also directed the STEVTA administration to introduce Chinese language courses.
Under the CPEC and non-CPEC projects, thousands of Chinese are going to invest in Sindh; therefore, Chinese language know how would turn to be an additional qualification for jobs.
Concluding the meeting, the chief minister said that he would be visiting technical centers working aross Sindh.
