literacy programme during last 10 years.
“The computer literacy is in great demand in this area. “Unfortunately, the government did not allocate fund for this project for this financial year but we are hopeful that the funds will be released in December against our demand of supplementary grant,” said Women Programme Officer for ICT Seema Tauseef while talking to ‘The News’. Around 12 trainers and 6 support staff workers are working without pay since July this year.
Under computer literacy programme, Seema said that their focus is to provide maximum training in data entry as this skill is in great demand all over the world. “Some students were able to get jobs abroad on the basis of this course. Just recently, 80 of our students got job in Bahria Town,” said Seema.
She said that these young boys and girls not only receive skill training but different sessions are organized with students on health, hygiene and gender. “We train them as change makers in their community,” she said.
Speaking on this occasion, chief guest Director Development and Finance and Registrar Cooperative Society for ICT Muhammad Ali said that computer literacy is basic need of every sector. “I am glad that not only in main cities but also in the suburb areas, youth is learning skills that can be helpful in overall development of the country.”
On this occasion, Dr Mustansar Tanoli from ‘Fouri Mazdoori’ extended support of their social media organization to share data of the trained workers with the potential employers. Keeping in mind the current trends, he suggested trainings in construction related skills and said that the greatest demand in the market is of professional drivers especially women.
Nadeem Ullah from Interior Ministry encouraged students to further improve their skills. He termed computer literacy a must for individual and collective development. “All of you can do your own business through social media. It all depends on how you use this new technology,” he said.
Dr Munawar Hussain from Quaid-i-Azam University talked about the importance of education.
In the end, certificates were distributed among the students.