PESHAWAR: The Board of Directors (BoD) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Technical Education & Vocational Training Authority (KP-TEVTA) has approved the handing over of the remaining 17 technical training institutes operating under KP System of Technical & Vocational Education and Training to the authority.

The board after holding discussion on all agenda items regarding the regularization of recruitment in various cadres in KP-TEVA and creation of new vacancies in the newly merged decided that industries and finance and other concerned departments should sit together to resolve all matters within a period of two weeks and then present it for final approval.

The 19th meeting of the BoD of KP-TEVTA was held here the other day with KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in the chair, the other day, said an official handout issued here on Sunday.

Besides, Secretary Law Masood Ahmad, Secretary Planning & Development (P&D) Mahmood Shah and Secretary Industries Saqib Raza other members of the board also attended. The meeting reviewed progress on the implementation of decision taken in last meeting of the board and after threadbare discussion on agenda items, approved some of them.

During briefing on the implementation of decisions taken in last meeting, the board was told that all decisions including KP-TEVTA regulations have been implemented. The board also approved the formation of a monitoring & evaluation committee for KP-TEVTA.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Mahmood Khan said that the provincial government is taking result-oriented steps for promotion of technical education, whose aim is to impart technical skills to youth.

He said that technical educational institutes of the province would be brought at par with the needs of modern era, so the youth should not face any hardship ion finding employment.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2022