Korean envoy commends Trust for equipping youth with modern IT skills

PESHAWAR: Korean Ambassador to Pakistan, Park Ki Jun, has commended the Aziz Jan Trust for equipping youth with modern Information Technology (IT) skills with the objective of fostering opportunities that empower individuals to grow and make earnings.

He expressed appreciation as he visited to Mohsin and Huma Mass IT Training Institute (MHIT) in Peshawar. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Aziz Jan Trust, Afan Aziz, who is also the Honorary Consul of South Korea for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, accompanied the ambassador.

The visiting guest was informed that Mohsin and Huma IT Training Institute had been established on August 27, last year by Aziz Jan Trust in collaboration with Saylani Welfare Trust. The Korean envoy met students taking IT classes and was briefed about six months’ performance of the centre.

Afan Aziz apprised Park Ki Jun that MHIT center was providing training to youth free of cost with a vision to equip new generation with current IT knowledge leading to generating self-employment through freelancing. The students are offered IT courses in different disciplines including graphic designing, video animation, IT essentials, Web & Mob App, Python, AI Chatbot, Techno Kids, CCNA, Cyber Security, Flutter, IT to graphic designing and IT to Web & Mob App.

A total of 1273 students have availed themselves of the opportunity of learning different courses within six months at the centre.The aggregate total of two batches of students is 2896 out of which 2442 are male and 312 are female, Afan added. The Korean ambassador appreciated the initiative after listening to the success stories of different students who after getting few months training got livelihood opportunities in the shape of online jobs and freelancing.

A girl student with BS in Physics informed guests that with only four months of training in web designing, she was able to make a very handsome earning and was supporting her family. The student thanked Afan Aziz for providing opportunity of learning IT skills enabling her to lessen the financial burden of parents. The Korean envoy advised students to work hard in their respective fields and also to focus on promoting friendly relations between Pakistan and Korea.

He said he was very happy with the resolve of Honorary Consul of South Korea, Afan Aziz, to enrich the social fabric of society by equipping youngsters with the most important modern information technology skills.

The envoy hoped the initiative taken by MHIT and Saylani Trust would benefit hundreds of thousands of youth of Pakistan. Afan Aziz said that MHIT Peshawar was a pilot project and would be replicated in other big cities of KP to provide opportunity for IT learning to a maximum number of youth residing in different parts of the province.