The Board of Directors of Ignite - National Technology Fund (formerly National ICT R&D Fund) under the chairmanship of Anusha Rahman, Minister of State for IT & Telecom reviewed the overall progress on DigiSkills Training Programme.
Anusha Rahman Khan, Minister of State for IT & Telecom said that the vision of PML-N leadership to bring digital revolution in Pakistan will be furthered through DigiSkills Training Programme which will be one of its kind, training one million youth promoting excellence in technology, innovation and work ethic, building a workforce fully equipped with requisite technical knowledge and expertise, said a press release.
The Board also reviewed and approved two separate Request For Proposals (RFP) to be floated in the national press for Outreach and Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) - both are constituents of DigiSkills Training Programme. CEO Ignite Yusuf Hussain also apprised the Board on inaugural ceremony of National Incubation Center Lahore that took place on 23 December 2017 and National Incubation Center Peshawar that will be inaugurated during this month.
Anusha Rehman directed the CEO at Ignite to complete all the codal formalities (Financial & Technical Evaluations of remaining RFPs) of DigiSkills programme at the earliest so that we could formally initiate and inaugurate this project within stipulated time lines.-PR