PESHAWAR:18th meeting of Board of Directors (BoD) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Technical Education & Vocational Training Authority (KP-TEVTA) has approved revised budget for the year 2020-21 and estimated budget for the financial year 2021-22.
The meeting of the Board of Directors was held here with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan in the chair, said an official handout issued here on Friday.
Besides other members of the board, Special Assistant to CM on Industries Abdul Karim, concerned administrative secretaries, Principal Secretary to CM Amjad Ali Khan and others attended the meeting.
The meeting was briefed in detail about the progress on implementation of the decisions taken in last meeting of the board and it was told that new vacancies have been created for Gems & Jewelry Training Centre Hayatabad while a Women Vocational Centre has also been established in Swat.
It was further informed that decision regarding memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with Wish International and Sarhad Chamber of Commerce Industry had also been implemented.
The forum approved standard operating procedure for regulating commercial activities inside Technical & Vocational Educational Training Institutes. Moreover, the board also granted approval for notification of ToRs of human resource committee of KP TEVTA.
The board also approved name of Zia Muhammad as private member of HR Committee of TEVTA and creation of posts for institutes of KP TEVTA.
The Chief Minister directed the quarters concerned to take concrete steps for the promotion of foreign investment and to facilitate those foreign investors who were interested to invest in the province.
An agenda item for granting approval to sign MoU with international firms for the establishment of Automotive Research Training Centre, Joint organization of seminars and technical support in Smart Teaching and Learning Tools was also placed before the forum.
In this regard, the chief minister directed the authorities concerned to ensure the consultation with Law department and other stakeholders and submit the matter to the BoD in its next meeting.
The chief minister, speaking on the occasion said that the provincial government was taking result oriented steps for the promotion of Technical Education in the province which aimed at providing skills learning opportunities to the youth of the province.