Overseas Employment Corporation (OEC), Ministry of Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistani is imparting training to 5,500 workers in line with market requirements to send them South Korea. Official told APP here on Wednesday that Korea is expected to import 5, 500 skilled Pakistani labour in this year.
He said OEC has so far trained over 3,800 Pakistani workers about Korean language and culture, adding, the remaining workers would be trained soon. After the training, official said Korean delegation will visit Pakistan to hold the test of applicants for recruitment.
He said the Korean Labour Ministry has already lauded the performance of Pakistani labour as they are facing quite less problems of Pakistani working force as compare to labour from other countries like India and Sri Lanka. He advised the people to avoid unauthorised technical trade test centres and private agents who are misleading the people for employment in Korea.
He added some private test centres and agents are charging huge amounts for conducting Korean language training test on pretext of sending them to Korea for employment.
Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked between the governments of Pakistan and Republic of Korea, he said only Overseas Employment Corporation (OEC), a public sector organisation, has been authorised to recruit, train and send Pakistani workers to Korea on work visa. Around 7.5 million overseas Pakistanis live in various countries including United States, Canada, Europe, Middle East and Far East.