ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has constituted a committee headed by Senator Mian Raza Rabbani to restructure and re-define the role of the federal vocational and technical training institutions in the light of 18th Amendment to the Constitution.
The approval came during a special meeting on vocational and technical training programmes chaired by Prime Minister Gilani at the PM House here Friday. The committee will comprise Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Special Assistant to the PM, the federal secretary for labour and manpower, secretary overseas Pakistanis and Navtec executive director.
The committee will propose a well-defined plan for training and skill development of the labour force in the country. It will also address issues of capacity of the federal institutions and propose measures to develop national skill standards which are accepted internationally.
The prime minister while elaborating his vision to reduce unemployment in the country said that 60 percent of young population is our asset which should be utilised for the benefit of the country. “This human resource when properly trained and equipped with requisite skills can greatly help increase production of both the agriculture and industrial sectors,” he added. Similarly, he said, trained manpower when exported can immensely add to the foreign remittances.
While expressing concern over increasing percentage of unemployment, the prime minister said he is seriously considering forming a separate ministry for human resource development. “This envisioned ministry could have an overarching role to ensure proper consumption of trained human resource both within the country as well as abroad,” he added.
Prime Minister Gilani said while Pakistan is annually sending over three hundred thousand workers abroad, most of them are unskilled or semi-skilled. “The same manpower when trained and equipped with skills could increase the remittances by three times,” he added.
Regarding the terms of reference for the proposed national committee, the premier said that it should explore the international labour market to find opportunities for the unemployed youth of the country. He further said that the committee should also suggest opportunities for overseas Pakistanis to be able to invest in Pakistan to help create jobs for the unemployed persons inside the country.
The prime minister directed that the committee should meet frequently and work on war footings. He lauded the contribution of overseas Pakistanis for their remittances in the last three years which are consistently increasing.
Their contribution, he said, had greatly helped supplement the national economy.Earlier, Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Social Sector, and concerned federal secretaries briefed the premier about the vocational and technical training programmes of the federal government. They also apprised him of the rising unemployment level and possibilities of absorption for trained manpower within and outside the country.
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