The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has approved the establishment of a Digital Skills Training Program as a vital step toward ensuring the employment of young graduates.
Under the plan, the KP Information Technology Board would provide advanced digital training to 100,000 young graduates from various categories.
This permission came at a meeting of the KP Information Technology Board on Wednesday, which was chaired by Chief Minister Mahmood Khan.
Atif Khan and Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, members of the provincial cabinet, Matiullah Khan, Secretary Science and Technology and Information Technology, Arshad Khan, Managing Director KP IT Board Ali Mahmoud, and others were present at the meeting.
The meeting was briefed on many parts of the program, including the KP Digital Skills Training Program, which would be executed at a cost of Rs5 billion and will provide graduates with various digital skills courses lasting three to six months.
It was also revealed that as part of the initiative, teenagers will receive digital training tailored to the needs of local and international markets in a variety of information and communication technology sectors in order to improve their employability in online markets.
Successful candidates would be offered scholarships and Nano degrees in addition to job prospects. During a presentation on the program’s three levels, it was disclosed that 60,000 kids would be trained in intermediate level digital skills, while 20,000 youth would be trained in advanced level digital skills.
Similarly, the rest of the kids would be given training courses in the Nano-Degree program, which is the third level of the curriculum.
Web development, graphic design, animation, digital marketing, and e-commerce training would be provided as part of the intermediate level digital skills.
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