‘Focus is on creating skilled manpower’

LAHORE: Minister for Industries and Commerce Chaudhry Shafay Hussain visited Government College of Technology Wahdat Road and inspected various departments and labs of the college.

The provincial minister observed the printing process in the digital printing lab while he inquired about the training course from the students in the IT lab. Principal Salman Tariq gave a briefing about the teaching process, achievements and future plans of the college. Tevta Chairman Brig (retd) M Sajid Khokhar, Senior DG Akhtar Abbas Bharwana and other officers concerned were also present in the briefing session. Minister for Industries and Commerce while addressing the meeting said that the focus of the Punjab government is on the preparation of skilled manpower according to the demand of the global market, the improvement of the quality of technical education and up-gradation of the labs of the institutes has been started.

He directed that the Tevta institutions which have the capacity to increase the enrolment should be increased and full follow-up should be done in the college with the support of Asian Development Bank's Centre of Excellence Scheme and remarked that timely completion of the scheme is essential. The minister said that the college building is old and a survey should be conducted within 2 weeks from the engineers of the authorised institution. The minister also directed effective measures to increase industry-academia links. Shafay also planted a sapling in the college.