Technical Board directed to design new courses

PESHAWAR: Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Industries, Commerce and Technical Education Abdul Karim Tordher on Monday said the government would make strenuous efforts to develop the industrial sector to stabilize the economy of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

He was speaking at a meeting of the Industries Department in the Civil Secretariat here, said an official handout.Secretary Industries, Syed Zulfikar Ali Shah, Special Secretary Muhammad Anwar Khan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Economic Zones Development and Management Company (KP-EZDMC), Javed Iqbal Khattak, Managing Director Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority Aamir Afaq, Managing Director Small Industries Development Board (SIDB) Ghazanfar Ali, Manager Business Facilitation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment (BoIT), Iqbal Sarwar and others attended the meeting.

The special assistant was briefed on the affairs of the Department of Industries, Commerce and Technical Education and its subsidiary organizations and their responsibilities.Abdul Karim directed the sub-sectors of the department to take steps to increase their income and introduce newly required trades in the technical sector of the province to prepare market-oriented skilled manpower.

The special assistant was also presented with an in-depth review of the efforts of the relevant institutions for the promotion of industrialization in the province and the activities of the Technical Education Department for the preparation of skilled force in the province.

The special assistant said the government would make efforts for the industrial and economic development of the province.He said that all the sectors of the Industries Department should adopt a comprehensive and coordinated system for better delivery of services.

The special assistant directed the officials to digitize the entire system of the department.Directing the SIDB to increase its revenue and reduce expenditure, he said that effective measures should be taken to remove obstacles to the establishment and development of industrial estates.

He instructed them to link the Offices of Research and Commercialization (ORIC) of all the universities of the province with the relevant Department of Industries to help them utilize their research in the industrial sector.The special assistant directed the officials to conduct a need assessment to introduce modern technology in accordance with the technical education courses and new trends.He asked the officials to take steps for the modernization of the Government Printing Press and directed them to bring transparency in the system of the Board of Technical Education and furnish a report to him after 15 days about the implementation of the targets.The special assistant directed the officials of the Technical Board to design new courses for various trades.