The University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Peshawar and IM-Sciences have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate activities in the sphere of capacity building of technical staff of public sector institutions under the project titled, "Capacity Development of Staff of targeted line agencies in Nowshera and Haripur districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa".
The Vice Chancellor UET Peshawar, Professor Dr Iftikhar Hussain and Dr Mohsin Khan, Director IM-Sciences signed the MoU here on Friday. The project is awarded to IMSciences by KfW-AID; UET Peshawar has entered as a partner institution to conduct skilled trainings for the technical staff and use of its equipment.Dr Iftikhar Hussain said, being a premier public sector university, UET Peshawar possesses technical expertise to offer trainings in engineering and technology fields with fully-furbished state-of-the-art equipment and laboratories.
Dr Mohsin Khan said, through this MoU, both institutions would also help to engage in capacity building, curriculum development and hands-on training of the staff under the supervision of UET Peshawar's qualified teaching faculty.The staff will be given hands-on training on the equipments and technologies of civil engineering laboratories that are used in the planning, construction and maintenance of small and medium size public infrastructure schemes such as, drinking irrigation, water supply, sanitation and roads.