Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) has successfully trained a number of 4000 unemployed youth as security guard under free training program. TEVTA will train a total of 18000 unemployed youth as security guard during the year. Initially a number of 2000 youth will be provided free training of security guard at 20 TEVTA Institutes across the province of Punjab during this month. Chairperson TEVTA Irfan Qaiser Sheikh was speaking at a meeting of the officers to review the progress of ongoing course here on Tuesday at TEVTA Secretariat.
Irfan Qaiser Sheikh said that as per vision of Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif and in view of current law and order situation in the country, TEVTA has launched a 5-week training program with the collaboration of Pak Army, Police, Civil Defence, Elite Force and Rescue 1122 Department to reduce the crime rate and terrorism across the province of the Punjab. This initiative will also fulfil the security requirements of security companies and renowned organisations.
Chairperson TEVTA further said that the special branch clearance is compulsory for admission. The said course is successfully running at Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Jhelum, Rawalpindi, Attock, Sheikhpura, Faisalabad, Mianwali, Sahiwal Multan, Sargodha, Bahawalpur, D.G. Khan and Rahim Yar Khan to train unemployed youth in this sector. Both, TEVTA and Home Department issue certificate after successful completion.