Skill Development in Punjab

Abstract

Skill development has been essential component of the Punjab Government’s policies in the recent past including Punjab Growth Strategy 2023 and forthcoming development prospects are significantly dependent on improving the human capital of the province. The study focuses to perceive the effectiveness of the Vocational and Technical trainings and assess the implementation of such innovative courses in leading TVET providing organizations of Pakistan especially Punjab like PVTC & TEVTA in order to boost the productivity and generate employment prospects for youth. The study further focuses to accord an insight into recent landscape of Pakistan and particularly Punjab through extraordinary emphasis on TVET sector, skills development, human capital development and entrepreneurship to recommend a forthcoming agenda to be implemented by the policy makers. Skill development as well as human capital development have been developed as influential elements for nation’s socioeconomic growth. We state that expedite the development of fundamental transformation having much dependency on reconsideration and up-gradation of industrial policy, strengthening the Vocational and Technical institutions and strategic partnership between the public and private sectors. The study accomplishes that skilled human resource having significance in the progress of a nation and skilled workforce can contribute to economic and social progress of Punjab and Pakistan