KPK to recruit skilled workers for TEVTA

The Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) approved recruitment in 462 new components to promote schools and colleges in Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, and Orakzai Kurran, North Waziristan, and South Waziristan in a meeting lead by Chief Minister KP Mahmood Khan.

CM Mahmood Khan advised TEVTA to prioritize the formation of new roles in compliance with the existing rules and regulations required by the merger of all tribal districts under KP.

The participants debated the significance of the new strategy, taking into account the growing industrialization and potential needs of infrastructural growth. The meeting agreed that the action plan must be adopted within the shortest timeline.

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Mahmood Khan further instructed the TEVTA members to promote educational and industrial relations between institutes and industry partners to create a skilled workforce. This would help local industrial sectors to create some of the highest employment opportunities for local players, as per the CM's argument.

The TEVTA Board of Directors also briefed the meeting on prior decisions and green-lit projects. The BoD highlighted that TEVTA had been given a budget of Rs. 4.8 billion for the current 2021-2022 financial year.

The meeting attendees also approved the official handover to KP-TEVTA of technical institutes, formerly under the Technical and Vocational Training System (STVET).

Senior TEVTA officials also agreed to continue the contract period of the staff hired by STVET before the meeting was held on a contract basis. TEVTA officials decided to ensure that the Associate Institutions' training activities continue without any inconvenience. It is essential to mention here that the agreements for five training facilities operated under STVET have expired, and these institutes are now working under TEVTA.

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As per TEVTA rules, the meeting also agreed to promote contract vacancies. The board of directors of TEVTA has released preliminary plans to recruit 15 new positions at the Gems and Jewelry Training Center in Hayatabad, Peshawar.

It was also agreed to create 36 new posts for the KP capital's Government Technical Teachers Training Centre.