As an important step to ensure employability of young graduates, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has accorded approval to the launch of Digital Skills Training Program. Under the initiative, initially, 100,000 young graduates of different categories would be imparted Advanced Digital Training through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board.
This approval was accorded in a meeting of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board held here on Wednesday with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan in the chair.
Members provincial cabinet Atif Khan and Barester Muhammad Ali Saif and officilas attended the meeting. Briefing about various aspects of the initiative, the forum was informed that the Digital Skills Training Program would be implemented with an estimated cost of Rs. 5 billion under which different digital skills courses of three to six months durations would be arranged for graduates.
It was further informed that under the program, youth would be imparted digital training in accordance with the needs of local and international markets in the different sectors of Information and Communication Technology to enhance their employability in the online markets. Besides offering Employment Opportunities, Scholarships and Nano Degrees would be awarded to the successful candidates.
Briefing about the three different levels of the program, it was told that under the Intermediate Level Digital Skills, 60 thousand youth would be trained whereas 20 thousand youth would get training under advanced level Digital Skills.
