President Dr Arif Alvi has emphasized the need for the implementation of job quotas for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the government and private sectors of the country so as to make them financially empowered and include them in the mainstream of society.
He said that almost 12-14% of the country’s population comprised of PWDs and steps should be taken for their skill development as well as job placement in the public and private sectors.
The President expressed these views while chairing a follow-up meeting on the rights and facilitation of persons with disabilities (PWDs), at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Thursday. The meeting was attended by representatives of the provincial governments, including Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, as well as the senior officials of the Ministries of Human Rights and Federal Education and Professional Training.
The representatives of the provincial governments apprised the meeting about the steps taken by them for the education of persons with disabilities, teacher training, curriculum development, skill development, job quotas, and job placement in different fields.
It was informed that NAVTTC had enrolled almost 1700 differently-abled people (DAPs) to equip them with different skills, besides providing them with free transportation and boarding facilities.
